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| Year : 2012 | Volume
: 7
| Issue : 1 | Page : 61-63 |
Intramedullary tubercular abscess with syrinx formation
Mohd Khalid1, Saifullah Khalid1, Sushant Mittal2, Urooj Ahmad1
1 Department of Radiodiagnosis, J N Medical College, AMU, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Department of Radiodiagnosis, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Saifullah Khalid
Department of Radiodiagnosis, J.N. Medical College, AMU, Aligarh - 202 002, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.97629
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.
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