[Tuberculous spondylitis--Pott disease--in a 33-year-old man from Greenland].
We report a case where tuberculous spondylitis was diagnosed in a 33-year-old man from Greenland. Very typically for Pott's disease, there was back pain, weight loss, and a characteristic kyphotic deformity. Computed tomography showed destruction of the thoracic vertebrae with paraspinal abscesses. The treatment was antituberculous therapy and surgery.
Mortensen
Hanne Hollaender
HH
Medicinsk afdeling, Dronning Ingrids Hospital, Nuuk.
Johannesen
Helle Hjorth
HH
Jensen
Peter
P
Permin
Henrik
H
D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents