Open AccessIntramedullary tubercular abscess with syrinx formation
Author(s) -
Mohd Khalid,
Saifullah Khalid,
Sushant Mittal,
Urooj Ahmad
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.97629
Subject(s) - medicine , intramedullary rod , syrinx (medicine) , etiology , abscess , spinal cord , meningitis , surgery , syringomyelia , cord , pathology , psychiatry
Intramedullary spinal cord tubercular abscess with involvement of whole cord is a rare entity that too with syrinx formation following disseminated meningitis. Accurate diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion with clinical history and imaging features for a favorable outcome. Here-in we present a similar case with tubercular etiology which was also associated with syrinx formation and has not been reported previously in the literature up to the author's knowledge.