[Skin abscess as the clinical presentation of Pott's disease].
Interest in skeletal tuberculosis has been growing in our environment due to the presence of patients with immunodeficiency and those from areas where tuberculosis is endemic. Clinical presentation in the form of skin abscesses with an osteoarticular focus is rare, hindering early diagnosis and treatment. We describe the case of an 8-year-old immigrant boy with a diagnosis of bone tuberculosis based on the presence of skin fistulas.
Lobato Salinas
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Unidad Integrada de Pediatría, Hospitals Sant Joan de Déu-Clínic, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. suleima@hotmail.com
Artigas Rodríguez
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Séculi Palacios
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D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis*