Spinal cord tuberculoma is an extremely rare presentation of human tuberculosis in general, and of central nervous system involvement in particular. Only a dozen cases have been described in the literature. We report the case of a 62-year-old man who initially presented with neurological deficit in a context of febrile altered general condition. Diagnosis was made on MRI, which revealed necrotic lesions with medullary contrast.
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