We retrospectively reviewed the clinical and neuroimaging features of 10 patients with
tuberculous myelitis. The most common presenting symptoms were fever (70%) and …

BACKGROUND: Intramedullary tuberculomas are rare. With the widespread availability of
MRI and the increasing incidence of HIV and HIV-related tuberculous infections, the …

Although tuberculosis remains a major health problem in developing countries, tuberculoma
involving the central nervous system is still uncommon compared with the involvement of …

Background Tuberculous involvement of the spinal cord parenchyma is an exceedingly rare
clinical entity; even more so is concurrent intracranial tuberculosis (TB). Spinal …

Objective: Spinal intramedullary tuberculoma (SIMT) is rare, accounting for 2/100,000 cases
of tuberculosis and only 0.2% of all cases of central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis. We …

Tuberculosis is common in India, but the co-occurrence of intracranial and intramedullary
tuberculomas as a manifestation of central nervous system tuberculosis is extremely rare in …

Conclusion: The possibility of IMT should be seriously considered when an intraspinal mass
is found with evidence of tuberculosis. Anti-tuberculous therapy (ATT) is the mainstay of …

Introduction Intra-medullary spinal tuberculoma is a rare form of tuberculosis, with an
incidence of only two in 100,000 patients with tuberculosis. We present a case of intra …

Tuberculosis is a real public health problem worldwide, but particularly in African and Asian
countries [2-18]. In addition, the AIDS pandemic has led to an upsurge in tuberculosis cases …

African Journal of Neurological Sciences - 2009 Vol. 28 No 1 Page 1 African Journal of
Neurological Sciences 2008 - Vol. 27, No 2 CASE REPORT / CAS CLINIQUE LE …