Intradural Spinal Granulomas

Diagnosis and management of tuberculous paraplegia with special reference to tuberculous radiculomyelitis.

“…In most previous reports this disorder has presented as a progressive paraplegia without a history of meningitis (Tandon and Pathak, 1973). In some of these cases localised solid tuberculoma compressed the cord (Arseni and Samitcar, 1960;Jenkins and Hill, 1963;Parsons and Pallis, 1965), but in others a more d-ffuse granulomatous mass surrounded the cord and was associated with localised arachnoiditis (Bucy and Oberhill, 1950). Our case seemed to combine features of both these descriptions.…”

Miliary Tuberculosis With Cerebellar Involvoment

“…8,9 TB enfeksiyonunda mikroorganizmalar SSS'ye ekstraserebral bir odaktan hematojen yolla sinsice yayılarak yerleşmekte ve hücresel immünite geliştiği zaman küçük tüberküller oluşmaktadır. Makroskobik olarak sınırları belirgin, gri, sert nodüller olan tüber-külomların boyutları 1 cm çapından daha küçük ya da oldukça büyük boyutlarda da olabilmektedir.…”

Intramedullary tuberculoma in a six year old

“…[4] In our patient both of these were absent. Of the six patients with tuberculoma of spinal cord reported by Bucy and Oberhill, [5] three had associated tuberculous lesions elsewhere in the CNS. In the series of intramedullary tuberculomas reported by Mac Donnel et al, [2] 38% of the patients had no evidence of tuberculous disease elsewhere.…”