Gluteal abscess: a manifestation of Pott's spine.
A 3-year-old girl presented with features suggestive of compression of cauda equina. In addition, she had soft, fluctuant gluteal swelling, which on aspiration yielded pus, positive for acid-fast bacilli on staining and culture. She showed significant clinicoradiological improvement following aspiration of pus and antitubercular treatment. Rare manifestations of cold abscess in the spine are discussed.
Kumar
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Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow-226014, India. rajkumar@sgpgi.ac.in
Chandra
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D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002081:Buttocks / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000473:pathology*