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. 1999 Jun;23(2):85–86. doi: 10.1007/s002640050313

Correlation of canal encroachment with neurological deficit in tuberculosis of the spine

A K Jain 1, A Aggarwal 1, G Mehrotra 1
PMCID: PMC3619805  PMID: 10422021

Abstract

 CT scans of fifteen patients with tuberculosis of the spine without neurological deficit were analysed for canal encroachment. We calculated that up to 76% encroachment of the spinal canal by tubercular pathological tissue is compatible with undisturbed neural status.

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Accepted: 4 January 1999


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