[Isolated actinomycosis of the spinal cord]

A brief review of the literature on the actinomycosis of the central nervous system and particularly on that of the spinal cord is given. The authors observation concerns a 7-year-old boy with a clinical diagnosis of congenital defect of sacrum, suppuration of dermoid with fistula in the sacral region, epiduritis, cauditis. At the necropsy the actinomycosis of the lower thoracic and lumbar parts of the spinal cord with the involvement of bone and soft tissue in the sacral region and formation of scarring fistula was found.