title: [Tuberculous spondylitis--Pott disease--in a 33-year-old man from Greenland].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Medicinsk afdeling, Dronning Ingrids Hospital, Nuuk.
authors.forename: Hanne Hollaender
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Mortensen
authors.forename: Helle Hjorth
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Johannesen
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Permin
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents