title: A sixteen-year-old male youth with fever, dysphagia and weight loss.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Michigan, Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Abuhammour
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Asmar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003680:Deglutition Disorders; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D011859:Radiography; D017703:Retropharyngeal Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D015431:Weight Loss