Shaista A Siddiqi, Mubashira Hashmi, Zeeshan Azmat, Shahid Mustafa, Khurram A Siddiqui.
Pulmonary tuberculosis with neuromyelitis optica: an uncommon association of a common disease.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jan ;22(8):527-8.

Systemic tuberculosis has been reported with varying neurological manifestations like meningitis, tuberculomas, myositis and neuropathy. Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a well known neurological entity which has been described in association with several systemic disorders like systemic lupus erythematosis, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, exposure to insecticides etc. However, only a few cases of NMO have been reported in association with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Here, we report a case of pulmonary tuberculosis in association with NMO to highlight the under-reported association of NMO with pulmonary tuberculosis presenting in a peculiar anatomical fashion i.e. longitudinal myelitis with predominant posterior column involvement.

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