Tuberculous spondylitis mimicking acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a rare presentation
Cervical spine is an uncommon site for tuberculous spondylitis. Clinically spinal tuberculosis (TB) can be a great mimicker due to non-specific presentations and variable progression. Hence it is important to be highly vigilant about the differential diagnoses of TB in endemic settings such as Sri...
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| author | N. A. Gajadeera D. L. Porawagamage F. G. Sivagnanam |
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Cervical spine is an uncommon site for tuberculous spondylitis. Clinically spinal tuberculosis (TB) can be a great mimicker due to non-specific presentations and variable progression. Hence it is important to be highly vigilant about the differential diagnoses of TB in endemic settings such as Sri Lanka as untreated disease can lead to devastating paraplegia. This case report describes a patient who presented with acute history of symptoms leading to early onset quadriplegia with areflexia mimicking an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy supported by the nerve conduction studies, eventually diagnosed with tuberculous spondylitis during the course of the illness.
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| spelling | doaj-art-c5dc349c56c247968cdae76b92da51c22025-08-20T02:52:49ZengSri Lanka College of Internal MedicineAsian Journal of Internal Medicine2827-72602025-03-014110.4038/ajim.v4i1.199Tuberculous spondylitis mimicking acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a rare presentationN. A. Gajadeera0D. L. Porawagamage1F. G. Sivagnanam2National Hospital of Sri LankaNational Hospital of Sri LankaNational Hospital of Sri Lanka Cervical spine is an uncommon site for tuberculous spondylitis. Clinically spinal tuberculosis (TB) can be a great mimicker due to non-specific presentations and variable progression. Hence it is important to be highly vigilant about the differential diagnoses of TB in endemic settings such as Sri Lanka as untreated disease can lead to devastating paraplegia. This case report describes a patient who presented with acute history of symptoms leading to early onset quadriplegia with areflexia mimicking an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy supported by the nerve conduction studies, eventually diagnosed with tuberculous spondylitis during the course of the illness. https://account.ajim.sljol.info/index.php/sljo-j-ajim/article/view/199QuadriplegiaTuberculous spondylitisAcute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy |
| spellingShingle | N. A. Gajadeera D. L. Porawagamage F. G. Sivagnanam Tuberculous spondylitis mimicking acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a rare presentation Asian Journal of Internal Medicine Quadriplegia Tuberculous spondylitis Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy |
| title | Tuberculous spondylitis mimicking acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a rare presentation |
| title_full | Tuberculous spondylitis mimicking acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a rare presentation |
| title_fullStr | Tuberculous spondylitis mimicking acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a rare presentation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tuberculous spondylitis mimicking acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a rare presentation |
| title_short | Tuberculous spondylitis mimicking acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a rare presentation |
| title_sort | tuberculous spondylitis mimicking acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy a rare presentation |
| topic | Quadriplegia Tuberculous spondylitis Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy |
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