A Case of Cervical Spine Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis disease is commonly caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
The higher incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis is a common health problem
particularly in developing countries.
Spinal tuberculosis usually represents at advanced levels and diagnosis of this
disease.
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Patients with spinal tuberculosis usually represent with gibbus formation,
back ache, low grade fever, neurological symptoms and deficits.
Although, commonly seen in dorsal spine lesions, cervical and cervico-thoracic lesions
with spine tuberculosis rarely seen in literature.
Herein, we would like to present a 62-year-old man patient of cervical spine tuberculosis with
neurological deficits and its management.
Tuberculosis disease is commonly caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
The higher incidence and prevalence of TB is a common health problem
in developing countries.
The bone structure particularly dorsal spine is the most common extrapulmonary
area for TB after lymph nodes.
The first modern description of spinal TB was defined by Sir Percival Pott in 1779.
However rare condition, spinal TB still appears even in both developing and developed places.
Spinal TB usually represents at advanced levels and diagnosis of this disease is not easy;
the late diagnosis and management of disease cause to higher rates of spinal cord
compression and deformities.
Patients with spinal TB usually represent with gibbus formation, back ache, low
grade fever, neurological symptoms and decificts.
Herein, we would like to present an unusual
case of cervical spine TB with neurological deficits and its management.
Emerg Med Open J. 2017; 3(2): 44-46. doi: 10.17140/EMOJ-3-140
