No abstract available.
Tuberculosis, Spinal*

Spinal tuberculosis is not common in the paediatric age group. Initial clinical features are often vague and non specific until the disease progresses to later stages. We highlight the diagnostic difficulties and management challenges of a complicated extradural tuberculoma with neurological deficits in a very young girl.
Tuberculosis, Spinal

No abstract available in English.
Tuberculosis, Spinal

No abstract available.
Tuberculosis, Spinal

Even in an era of remarkable medical advances, there is an issue of why tuberculosis remains in the list of disastrous diseases, afflicting humans and causing suffering. There has not been a plausible answer to this, and it has been suggested that clinicians and medical scientists could presently not win the war against the tubercle bacilli. With regards to this issue, based on the authors' own clinical and research experiences, in this review, the available literature was revisited in order to address the raised questions and to provide recent information on characteristics of tubercle bacilli and possible ways to more effectively treat tuberculosis.
Humans ; Mycobacterium tuberculosis* ; Mycobacterium* ; Tuberculosis ; Tuberculosis, Spinal*

No abstract available.
Esophageal Fistula* ; Tuberculosis, Spinal*

No abstract available.
Paraplegia* ; Tuberculosis, Spinal*

Spinal tuberculosis accounts for nearly half of all cases of musculoskeletal tuberculosis. It is primarily a medical disease and treatment consists of a multidrug regimen for 9-12 months. Surgery is reserved for select cases of progressive deformity or where neurological deficit is not improved by anti-tubercular treatment. Technology refinements and improved surgical expertise have improved the operative treatment of spinal tuberculosis. The infected spine can be approached anteriorly or posteriorly, in a minimally invasive way. We review the various surgical techniques used in the management of spinal tuberculosis with focus on their indications and contraindications.
Congenital Abnormalities ; Spine* ; Tuberculosis ; Tuberculosis, Spinal

No abstract available in English.
Clinical Study ; Spine ; Tuberculosis ; Tuberculosis, Spinal

Intradural extramedullary tuberculoma of the spinal cord is a rare manifestation of the spinal tuberculosis, with a few cases described so far. Recently, we have experienced two cases of extensive intradural extramedullary tuberculoma at the thoracic spine. So, we report these cases with review of the literatures.
Spinal Cord ; Spine ; Tuberculoma ; Tuberculosis, Spinal