[Pulmonary tuberculosis secondary to fistulization of Pott's abscess. A case report].
The authors report a case of pulmonary tuberculosis appearing after an endobronchial fistula from a Pott's abscess. Such a clinical presentation is rare even in a developing country (PVD), where there is experience of more than 200 cases of tuberculous spondylodiscitis seen over a period of six years. The frequency of paravertebral abscess during the course of Pott's disease is around 52%, in the thoracic lesion their exteriorization by endobronchial fistula is around 4% (5 out of 114). The outcome is generally more simple and here a cure was achieved after six months of chemotherapy.
Auregan
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Centre Pneumophtisiologique Paul-Faure, Djibouti.
Ali
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Chakib
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D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents
Tuberculose pulmonaire secondaire à la fistulisation d'un abcès pottique. Rapport d'un cas.