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Non-contiguous multilevel spinal tuberculosis: A case report of unusual spinal tuberculosis resembling spinal metastasis.

Salman Abbasi FardPouria PourzandFarhad TabasiMohsen MohammadiMohammad NafeliZahra Jourahmad
Published in: Clinical case reports (2023)
Spinal tuberculosis (TB) is diagnostically challenging, particularly in atypical forms. Non-contiguous multilevel spinal TB (NMLST) is a rare presentation of spinal TB, mimicking spinal malignancies. We reported an unusual NMLST case with a paraspinal and epidural abscess in a young patient with misleading clinical and imaging presentations.
Keyphrases
  • spinal cord
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • spinal cord injury
  • pulmonary tuberculosis
  • emergency department
  • case report
  • high resolution
  • photodynamic therapy
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • adverse drug