LATE DIAGNOSED CERVICAL SPINE TBC SPONDYLITIS: CASE REPORT
Journal Title: Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis - Year 2012, Vol 29, Issue 4
Abstract
Cervical tuberculosis is a rare disease with a high complication rate. Tuberculosis of the cervical spine is reported in about 6-9% of all cases of spinal tuberculosis. Early diagnosis and treatment of spinal tuberculosis is essential in order to prevent neural deficit. Management strategies for spinal tuberculosis range from ambulatory chemotherapy to radical surgical debridement with fusion. The paper presents a case of an 18-year-old patient with TBC spondylitis C3-C5. Eleven months passed from the onset of the disease until surgery and final diagnosis. When hospitalized, the patient suffered from the overall weakness, a 15-kg weight loss, dysphagia, neck pain, neck rigidity, febrility, cervical radiculopathy and paresthesia of both upper extremities. MR image showed a complete destruction of C3, abscess perforation in the anterior epidural space with the spinal cord compression and abscess extension to prevertebral space from C2 to C5. After the radical surgical debridement of C3-C5 and anterior decompression, a tricorticate autologous bone graft obtained from the iliac crest was placed and a plate fixation was done. Tuberculostatics were included for 12 months after surgery. Complete recovery occurred six months after surgery. Anterior decompression with autologous iliac bone graft led to a good clinical and radiological outcome in patients with cervical spine tuberculosis.
Authors and Affiliations
Saša Milenković, Jordan Saveski, Ilir Hasani, Neda Trajkovska, Venko Filipče
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