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Solitary tuberculoma of the spinal cord: report of a case

A case of an isolated tuberculoma of the spinal cord is reported. The 22 years old male patient came to the hospital with paraplegia and had a laminetomy performed for a compression of the spinaf cord by a tumor mass. The histopa-thological study showed the presence of the acid-fast bacili in the tissue. After specific treatment the patient recovered partiallv.


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