Tacconi L, Arulampalam T, Johnston F G, Thomas D G
Gough-Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, England.
Neurosurgery. 1995 Oct;37(4):817-9. doi: 10.1227/00006123-199510000-00028.
Intramedullary spinal cord abscesses are rare lesions with a poor prognosis unless diagnosed and treated promptly. We report a case of a Nigerian man with tuberculous meningitis that was complicated by an intraspinal cord abscess and was treated surgically. The literature regarding this uncommon clinical entity is reviewed.