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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Oct;35(10):e301–e310. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001236

Table 3. MR characteristics of the spine accompanying TBM (n=33).

Feature Value
Spinal disease overall 25 (76)
               Spinal arachnoiditis 24 (73)
                         Severity
                                  Mild 12 (50)
                                  Moderate 6 (25)
                                  Severe 6 (25)
                         Cord arachnoiditis 19 (79)
                         Nerve root arachnoiditis 23 (96)
                         Arachnoid nodules 4 (17)
                         Exudate in the lumbar thecal sac 7 (29)
                         Clumping of nerve roots 10 (42)
               Spinal Tuberculoma 6 (18)
                         Single 3 (50)
                         Multiple 3 (50)
Number of patients with symptomatic spinal cord disease 2 (8)

Data are presented as number (percent) of patients reported to have the various forms of spinal pathology