An 11-year-old boy presented with pain in the back, urinary retention, paraplegia and loss of sensations below L1. Investigations revealed an intramedullary lesion. An intramedullary spinal cord abscess was found at surgery. The pus was evacuated and abscess was excised. Minimal recovery was seen fo
Tuberculous intramedullary spinal cord abscess
โ Scribed by K. M. Cheng; M. W. Ma; C. M. Chan; C. L. Leung
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 512 KB
- Volume
- 139
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6268
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