ABSTRACT
Tuberculous spondylitis affecting the cervical segment is reported in 10% of all tuberculous spondylitis cases.
As a result, patients with compressive myelopathy in the cervical segment is often diagnosed with other diseases.
Similarly, multilevel noncontiguous tuberculous spondylitis is rare. This form is believed to be associated with
immunodeficiency conditions due to various etiologies. Some clinicians believe that multilevel noncontiguous tuberculous
spondylitis is underdiagnosed if the examination is based on clinical features and plain radiographs. We report a case
of multilevel noncontiguous tuberculous spondylitis affecting the cervical and lumbar segments proven by pathological
examination.
Keywords: Cervical segment, multilevel noncontiguous segment, tuberculous spondylitis, tuberculosis
ABSTRAK
Spondilitis tuberkulosis segmen servikal diperkirakan hanya sekitar 10% dari seluruh kasus spondilitis tuberkulosis.
Hal ini menyebabkan pasien dengan gambaran klinis mielopati kompresif servikal lebih sering didiagnosis sebagai
penyakit lain. Demikian pula bentuk multilevel nonkontinyu jarang ditemukan. Bentuk ini dipercaya berhubungan
dengan keadaan imunodefisien akibat berbagai alasan. Meskipun demikian, beberapa klinisi menganggap bahwa bentuk
multilevel nonkontinyu masih kurang terdiagnosis jika hanya berdasarkan gambaran klinis atau radiografi sederhana. Kami
melaporkan kasus spondilitis tuberkulosis fokus multipel yang mengenai segmen lumbal dan servikal yang dibuktikan
dengan pemeriksaan patologi anatomi.
Kata kunci: Multilevel nonkontinyu, segmen servikal, spondilitis tuberkulosis, tuberkulosis
*Departemen Neurologi FK Universitas Sam Ratulangi/RSUP Prof. dr. R.D. Kandou, Manado, **Jogja International Hospital,
Yogyakarta. Korespondensi: arthur_mawuntu@yahoo.com