Intramedullary tubercular abscess with syrinx formation

摘要

Intramedullary spinal cord tubercular abscess with involvement of whole cord is a rare entity that too with syrinx formation following disseminated meningitis. Accurate diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion with clinical history and imaging features for a favorable outcome. Here-in we present a similar case with tubercular etiology which was also associated with syrinx formation and has not been reported previously in the literature up to the author's knowledge.Keywords: Abscess, holocord, intramedullary, magnetic resonance imaging, spinal cord, syrinx, tuberculosis