title: Severe airway obstruction in a child with Pott's disease.
abstract: Airway obstruction associated with Pott's disease is rare. We present a case of severe airway obstruction caused by an extensive paravertebral mediastinal abscess in a 3-year-old boy with tuberculosis of the thoracic spine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú. Theresa.J.Ochoa@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Theresa J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Ochoa
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Porturas
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications*