NON-CONTIGUOUS MULTIFOCAL SPINAL TUBERCULOSIS : A CASE REPORT

The spinal cord is involved in less than 1% of all cases of tuberculosis (TB). Noncontiguous spinal tuberculosis are found mostly in places with high prevalence like India but very few case reports have been published worldwide. Most of these patients have only two non-contiguous lesions, The disease is usually accompanied by severe neurologic deficits. Here,we report a case of 11 year old girl presenting with on and off fever for 1 year and paraparesis for 1 month.On examination two gibus were found at T5-T6 and T11-T12 vertebrae.She was treated with anti tubercular drugs(ATT) and physiotherapy was given.