Abstract
A tuberculous spinal epidural abscess is seen rarely as a late complication of Pott’s disease or in immunocompromised patients. Such abscesses in isolation are rare indeed and very uncommon in the developed and developing world. We report a patient with an isolated subacute tuberculous spinal epidural abscess without disc or vertebral involvement and no primary focus or risk factors associated with the development of spinal tuberculosis.
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Alg, V.S., Demetriades, A.K., Naik, S. et al. Isolated subacute tuberculous spinal epidural abscess of the cervical spine: a brief report of a special case. Acta Neurochir 151, 695–696 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-009-0233-5
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