Distal cord-predominant longitudinally extensive myelitis with diffuse spinal meningitis and dural abscesses due to occult tuberculosis: A rare occurrence

Tuberculous myelitis usually involves thoracic and only rarely, distal cord. Longitudinal lesions more than three spinal segments long in tuberculosis (TB) are usually due to intramedullary tuberculomas and not infectious myelitis. We report a 17-year-old male with acute myelitis from D7 to conus me...

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Autores principales: Kasundra, Gaurav M., Sood, Isha, Bhushan, Bharat, Bhargava, Amita Narendra, Shubhkaran, Khichar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4862298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27195042
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.181268

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4862298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27195042
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.181268

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