This is a case report of spinal tuberculosis combined with sacroiliac joint tuberculosis, pulmonary tuberculosis, chest wall tuberculosis and tuberculous pleurisy and the image of the patient is rare, special and not typical and it looks like a halo sign. It has an important reference value for the diagnosis of spine tuberculosis although it is a rare imaging manifestation and diagnosis was con...

Introduction: Tuberculosis is still commonly found in many developing countries. Spinal tuberculosis can cause vertebral deformity and neurological disorders. It was discovered thousands years ago its management aimed to eradicate infection maintain the integrity of vertebrae. Previously, spinal TB using drugs external stabilization. Surgical techniques were developed afterwards clean infected ...

Tuberculosis is still a major health problem in many parts of world, especially Asia, Africa and South America. The most common form of spinal intradural tuberculosis is meningitis and intramedullary tuberculomas are rare. According to Citow and Ammirati intramedullary tuberculomas are seen in two of 100 000 cases of tuberculosis and in two of 1000 cases of central nervous system tuberculosis. ...

Posterior spinal tuberculosis is rare. A case of posterior spinal tuberculosis with large abscess without any neurological deficit was managed conservatively. He was relieved of pain and swelling subsided completely on anti-tubercular drugs

Background Spinal infection and tumor are common diseases that cause back pain with collapsed vertebrae. Radiographic fi ndings of spinal tuberculosis are similar to those of spinal metastasis. Objective To radiographically demonstrate that spinal tuberculosis is able to mimic spinal metastasis. Patients and methods Three cases were collected during January to June 2008. All presented with nonm...

Spinal tuberculosis in its classical form (i.e., “two-vertebra disease with the destruction of the intervening intervertebral disc and a paravertebral or psoas abscess”) is easily recognized and readily treated [1] in areas where tuberculosis is endemic [2-4]. Atypical spinal tuberculosis without the aforementioned clinical or radiographic features [5], although occurring less frequently [6], h...

Introduction Spinal tuberculosis (TB) is a relatively common cause for spinal pathology in Sri Lanka and a common indication for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Objectives The objective of the study was to describe the MRI imaging pattern of spinal TB in a series of patients. Methods One hundred and nine patients with clinically confirmed spinal tuberculosis who had undergone MRI scans at...

Spinal tuberculosis usually occurs in a single vertebral body or two to three adjacent vertebrae; it rarely occurs in multiple vertebral bodies. Surgery is indicated in cases that do not improve with conservative therapy, or when paralysis is evident. Two cases regarding patients with spinal tuberculosis in multiple vertebral bodies on whom surgery was performed are reported. Case 1, the patien...

OBJECTIVE Spinal tuberculosis-associated symptoms are not so unique as to immediately indicate the proper diagnosis in most cases. Distinguishing spinal tuberculosis (Pott's disease) from pyogenic spondylitis is often difficult, and lesions metastatic from systemic malignancy are the other major entity from which spinal tuberculosis must be distinguished. CLINICAL PRESENTATION A 27-year-old m...