Unusual Scenario:
Young male complaining of back pain with claudication symptoms with difficulty standing or walking even for 5 min
MRI suggestive of L4/5 infective spondylodiscitis.
We performed L4/5 spinal decompression.
Histopath was suggestive of tuberculosis
Comments:
L4/5 is unusual location for spinal tuberculosis. Also patient didn’t have any constitutional symptoms.
He had claudication symptoms, we see in spinal stenosis.
He did well post decompression and Anti tuberculosis drugs