Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis of lumbosacral spine producing extensive destruction with lumbosacral kyphosis

Author:

Rathod Tushar,Sathe AshwinORCID,Kolur Shivaprasad

Abstract

It is uncommon to get lumbosacral junction deformity due to tuberculosis. Lumbosacral junction alignment is of paramount importance in maintaining global sagittal balance. In this case report, we present a case of a 42-year-old woman with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis of lumbosacral spine with complete destruction of L3, L4 and L5 vertebra with partial destruction of L2 and S1 vertebra leading to significant shortening and lumbosacral kyphosis. The patient had severe axial low back pain, inability to sleep in supine position due to deformity and difficulty in walking due to loss of spinal alignment. The patient was treated with 6 weeks of antituberculous drugs followed by all posterior decompression with instrumentation from D10 to S2 with a reconstruction of anterior vertebral bodies with the help of an expandable cage. Antituberculous treatment was continued for 18 months. At present, the patient is asymptomatic with no neurological deficit and has completed 3.5 years of regular follow-up.

Publisher

BMJ

Subject

General Medicine

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