Thursday, March 31, 2011

Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tuberculoma-MRI


50 year-old man presented with an intramedullary tuberculoma of the thoracic spinal cord manifesting as a 2-month history of progressive paraparesis and sphincter dysfunction. Magnetic resonance imaging showed ring enhancement of the intramedullary thoracic lesion with perifocal edema. CT chest was done and revealed apical infiltrates.





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