Single cervical spinal extramedullary tuberculous lesion in a young female – case report

Abstract

Skeletal tuberculosis is the main extrapulmonary site for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection disemination. As for the nervous sistem tuberculosis or spinal tuberculous disease in particular, the osseos elements are more frequently involved than the cerebral tissue or the spinal cord. We present the case of a previously healthy 32 year old female with no known TB history, reffered to our clinic for neck pain thought to be due to degenerative spinal disc disease. In the absence of general signs of the disease, the right surgical management and biopsy were the key factors for corect diagnosis.

Keywords

• spinal tuberculosis
• nervous system tuberculosis
• cervical neuralgia
• tuberculous granuloma