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Pott's disease

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Pott's disease [′päts di‚zēz]
(medicine)
Abnormal backward curvature of the spine caused by tuberculous osteitis.
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7,8 Subsequently, anterior treatment of the thoracic spine for Pott's disease was also widely performed in Hong Kong,6,9 and its modified versions entailing transthoracic exposure have been practised globally.
Review article: Approach-related complications of open versus ... by K M C Cheung and S Al Ghazi / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
DIAGNOSIS Pott's disease of the spine DISCUSSION Spinal tuberculosis, the most common form of skeletal involvement in tuberculosis, is usually the result of hematogenous seeding of the vertebral body, and the diagnosis often remains elusive because of the indolent nature of the infection.
Radiological case of the month: Rachna Madan, MBBS, MD, DNB; Mahender ... by Madan, Rachna; Narula, Mahender K.; Anand, Rama; Sethi, Punit / Applied Radiology
A diagnosis of Pott's disease was established, and the patient was started on antituberculous therapy.
Tuberculous retropharyngeal abscess by Agarwal, Salil / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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