[Diagnostic image (222). A boy with backache and loss of neurological function].
A 14-year-old boy from Ghana presented with low lumbar pain and loss of neurological function of the legs, due to spinal tuberculosis.
van der Mark
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LB
VU Medisch Centrum, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam.
van Furth
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AM
D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005869:Ghana / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology / Q000601:surgery
D000995:Antitubercular Agents