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Josep Mallolas, MD; Josep M. Gatell, MD; Montserrat Rovira, MD; Jesus I. Conget, MD; Antoni Trilla, MD; Eladio Soriano, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1988;148(5):1125-1127.

Abstract
• We studied two cases of disseminated tuberculosis with vertebral arch involvement in drug addicts seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus. The first patient developed a paraplegia while he was recovering from a meningeal tuberculosis. On the abdominal plain roentgenogram, the right transverse process of L-2 was absent, and a computed tomographic scan revealed destruction of the right vertebral arch together with a collection in the paravertebral area. The second patient had miliary tuberculosis and complained of lumbar pain. The radiologic findings were similar to those in the first case, but at the L-4 level.

(Arch Intern Med 1988;148:1125-1127)

Author Affiliations
From the Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 3, 1987.

Reprint requests to Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain (Dr Mallolas).

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