title: Left lumbar subcutaneous cold abscess with tuberculous spondylitis.
abstract: We report a 29-year-old man with a rare left lumbar subcutaneous cold abscess complicated by tuberculous spondylitis during the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Pulmonary tuberculosis was rapidly improved by anti-tuberculous drugs, however curative operation for tuberculous spondylitis was necessary after 18 months because tuberculous spondylitis was overlooked. Imaging techniques are important in helping to establish a diagnosis of tuberculous spondylitis. It should be stressed that a high clinical index of suspicion for tuberculosis is needed to correctly diagnose this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Higasinagano National Hospital, Nagano.
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yuki
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kiyono
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsukada
authors.forename: Mineko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohira
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohira
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okubo
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*