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We describe a patient with a presumed intramedullary tuberculoma treated only with antituberculous therapy. MRI showed a ring-enhancing annular lesion in the thoracic spinal cord with a distant syringomyelic cavity, which improved after therapy. MRI in this case allowed us not only to achieve a presumptive diagnosis but also to assess the therapeutic response, making surgical exploration unnecessary.
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Berciano, J., Sánchez Pernaute, R., Rebollo, M. et al. Intramedullary tuberculoma of the spinal cord with syringomyelia. Neuroradiology 38 (Suppl 1), S105–S106 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02278132
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02278132