Case Reports
doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x1978000100010.
[Solitary intramedullary tuberculoma: report of a case]
[Article in
Portuguese]
- PMID: 637750
- DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1978000100010
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Case Reports
[Solitary intramedullary tuberculoma: report of a case]
[Article in
Portuguese]
Arq Neuropsiquiatr.
1978 Mar.
Abstract
A case of an isolated tuberculoma of the spinal cord is reported. The 22 years old male patient came to the hospital with paraplegia and had a laminetomy performed for a compression of the spinal cord by a tumor mass. The histopathological study showed the presence of the acid-fast bacili in the tissue. After specific treatment the patient recovered partially.
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