Compressive Myelopathy caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in an indigenous background child: A clinical case located within the Amazonian endemic zone
Abstract
Introduction. Compressive Myelophaty is caused by multiple factors. Spinal abscesses are one of the causes with lowest occurrence rates. According to statistics provided by Massachusetts’ General Hospital, these abscesses represent from 0.2 to 2 cases in 10,000 hospital admissions. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the second pathogen associated with this disease, as it was found in 25% of related cases. Objective. To present a spinal tuberculosis case at a pediatric age, which is an infrequent medical situation but that has epidemiologic relevance. Case Presentation. A 7 year old female patient coming from the Amazonian endemic zone with symptoms of spinal cord compression. Her medical history, epidemiological links and paraclinical and surgical findings lead to a spinal tuberculosis diagnosis. She received decompression procedures and first-line anti-tuberculous drug treatment (RIPE). At the moment of hospital discharging, the patient showed positive response and evolution to these treatments. Conclusions. Spinal tuberculosis is a lowfrequency infectious entity, that requires high level of suspicion and prompt treatment. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine guides towards the final diagnosis, that it is confirmed by microbiological isolation of the bacillus. Countries like Colombia, that is a high-endemic zone for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and that has a high percentage of population at risk, must keep a detailed surveillance of tuberculosis and must keep in mind this disease when constructing and ruling out differential diagnoses. [Leguizamón-Castillo DC, Espinosa-García E, Vélez-Pachón CV, Cediel-Echeverry M. Compressive Myelopathy caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in an indigenous background child: A clinical case located within the Amazonian endemic zone. MedUNAB. 2018;21(1):138-146. doi: 10.29375/01237047.2700].
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