Spinal tuberculosis with paraplegia

The incidence of spinal tuberculosis with paralysis is about 10%. Paraplegia is most common in thoracic spinal tuberculosis, followed by quadriplegia in cervical tuberculosis, and the lumbar spinal canal has a wide diameter and a horsetail. Therefore, lumbar tuberculosis complicated with cauda equina Pressure is extremely rare. Spinal appendage tuberculosis is rare, and once it develops, it is prone to paraplegia.

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