Q. What does my mother's CT scan suggest about her back pain?

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• The history of a chronic backache for three months with CAT scan showing lytic lesions and histology (attachment removed to protect patient identity) suggestive of granulomatous inflammatory changes suggest mostly tuberculosis of the spine.

• The patient has to take antitubercular medicines for 9 to 12 months based on how she responds.

• I would like to know a few more things like whether your mother had TB in lungs in the past? Does she suffer from any neurological features like weakness in legs, tingling, numbness, etc?

• If yes, then she has to be given intravenous steroids to minimize the damage to spinal nerves and also surgical intervention may be required if there is evidence of nerve compression.

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Dr. Nagaraj Patil

Experience: 8 + Yrs

Diabetology

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