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Tuberculosis of the Spinal Cord.
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- Extensive, Multifocal Pott Disease in a United States-Born Veteran Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- LncRNA HCG18 regulates the progression of spinal tuberculosis by modulating the hsa-miR-146a-5p/TGF-β1/SMADs pathway.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Clinical and radiological characteristics of parenchymal and meningeal spinal tuberculosis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Tuberculosis menace: a case report of disseminated tuberculosis presenting as tubercular meningitis and long-segment cervical tuberculous myelitis in a 32-year-old man from rural India.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- A Rare Case of Concurrent Intramedullary and Brain Tuberculoma: Diagnostic Challenges and Management.Cureus · 2024Article
- Evolving Radiological Approaches in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Arachnoiditis Ossificans.Cureus · 2024Review
- Think TB! A rare case of influenza and rapid progressive neurotuberculosis coinfection.Journal of travel medicine · 2024Article
- [Pott's disease, surgical case series and literature review].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2024Review
- [First SADI-S in the Mexican Institute of Social Security].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2024Article
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Abstract
Tuberculosis involving the spinal cord is associated with high mortality and disabling long-term sequelae. Although tuberculous radiculomyelitis is the most frequent complication, pleomorphic clinical manifestations exist. Diagnosis can be challenging among patients with isolated spinal cord tuberculosis due to diverse clinical and radiological presentations. The principles of management of tuberculosis of the spinal cord are primarily derived from, and dependent upon, trials on tuberculous meningitis (TBM). Although facilitating mycobacterial killing and controlling host inflammatory response within the nervous system remain the primary objectives, several unique features require attention. The paradoxical worsening is more frequent, often with devastating outcomes. The role of anti-inflammatory agents such as steroids in adhesive tuberculous radiculomyelitis remains unclear. Surgical interventions may benefit a small proportion of patients with spinal cord tuberculosis. Currently, the evidence base in the management of spinal cord tuberculosis is limited to uncontrolled small-scale data. Despite the gargantuan burden of tuberculosis, particularly in lower and middle-income countries, large-scale cohesive data are surprisingly sparse. In this review, we highlight the varied clinical and radiological presentations, performance of various diagnostic modalities, summarize data on the efficacy of treatment options, and propose a way forward to improve outcomes in these patients.
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