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Pott Disease: A Tale of Two Cases [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Tuberculosis is considered one of the great masqueraders alongside syphilis and vasculitis. Pott disease is recognized as a classic manifestation of tuberculosis, yet it stands as a rare infectious syndrome in regions with low tuberculosis disease burden.
Christopher Radcliffe, Matthew Grant
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Unusual presentation of Pott disease and diagnostic challenges in a resource-limited setting: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023 Background Pott disease is rare and responsible for only 1%–2% of all tuberculosis cases. It poses diagnostic challenges in resource-limited settings due to unusual presentation and limited investigative capacity, resulting in debilitating sequelae if ...
Anacret Byamukama +2 more
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The Relative Lymphocyte Count is Lower when the Etiological Agent in Pott Disease is Successfully Isolated [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2023 Objective To describe the clinico-epidemiological, laboratory, and radiological characteristics of tuberculous spondylodiscitis in the Brazilian population, and to assess whether there are differences between patients in whom the etiological agent in ...
Igor de Barcellos Zanon +2 more
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Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2018 Extrapulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis (TB) are particularly frequent during childhood, and usually involve the lymph nodes and the skull. They are related to predisposing immunosuppression conditions.
Maria Elena Cucuzza +6 more
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Pott disease: Vertebral Tuberculosis [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2021 Libardo Valencia Chicué +2 more
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Concurrent Klippel-Feil Anomaly, Tethering and Dermoid Cyst Misinterpreted as Pott disease: A Case Report [PDF]
Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2014 Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is characterized by the failure in segmentation of two or more vertebrae due to an abnormal division of the mesodermal somites and has been reported to be associated with cardiac and central nervous system anomalies. We report
A Agrawal +3 more
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Jurnal Respirasi, 2016 Pott's disease, sometimes reffered to tuberculous spondylitis, is an infection of tuberculosis that affects one or more vertebrae, which first described by Percival Pott.
Tutik Kusmiati +1 more
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Pott's disease: a case of Mycobacterium xenopi infection of the spine [PDF]
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2013 Pott's disease is an infection of the spine with Mycobacterium tuberculosis that causes destruction of the spine elements resulting in progressive kyphosis.
Majd Alfreijat +2 more
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The Lancet, 1996 Sir—Workers from the UK1, 2 have discussed management of cases of biopsy-proven spinal tuberculosis or Pott’s disease of the spine. However, in developing countries, the diagnostic of Pott’s disease is usually made without biopsy on the basis of clinical and radiological features, which have been shown to be highly specific in a series of Medical ...
J, Jellis +3 more
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