ARTICULAR TUBERCULOSIS OF CERVICAL SPINE - a case report

Upper cervical spine tuberculosis is rare , occurs in 0.3 to 1 of all patients with tuberculous spondylitis.(5) It is often overlooked or misdiagnosed for a considerable period of time until a more obvious and potentially dangerous complication develops. A 29 yrs old male, admitted with pain over neck and incomplete quadriplegia, radiological and haematological investigations revealing upper cervical spine tuberculosis was treated with ATT and trans-articular fixation of C1C2 (Magerl) to correct atlanto-axial instability, following which the patients neurological sequelae improved