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Tuberculoma of the Cervical Spinal Canal Mimicking En Plaque Meningioma
- Source :
- Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques. 18:197-199
- Publication Year :
- 2005
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2005.
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Abstract
- A previously healthy, HIV-negative, 40-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of progressive weakness of his left arm. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intradural, extramedullary plaque-shaped lesion at C6-T1 levels with high contrast enhancement. Based on the patient's clinical and radiologic findings, it was believed that the patient had an en plaque meningioma, and he was operated on. Histologic examination of the mass revealed granulomas with multinucleated and Langhans-type giant cells, typical of a tuberculoma. Intradural extramedullary tuberculomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of en plaque meningioma as a rare entity.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
medicine.medical_treatment
Subdural Space
Cervical spinal canal
Diagnosis, Differential
Lesion
Meningioma
Meningeal Neoplasms
Humans
Medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Tuberculoma
Diagnostic Errors
Muscle Weakness
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Laminectomy
Magnetic resonance imaging
Decompression, Surgical
medicine.disease
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Treatment Outcome
Giant cell
Cervical Vertebrae
Surgery
Dura Mater
Tuberculosis, Spinal
Neurology (clinical)
Radiology
medicine.symptom
Differential diagnosis
business
Spinal Canal
Spinal Cord Compression
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15360652
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4cf2039fdb7e5e432193963305e3c5bb