title: Spinal tuberculosis in a 14-year-old immigrant in the Netherlands.
abstract: We present a case of Pott's disease, where the patient presented with neurological impairment due to vertebral granulomatous necrosis, needing immediate decompression and later stabilizing and reconstructive orthopaedic surgery, in order to create awareness for TB in general, especially this forgotten form of spinal tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. g.vanwell@vumc.nl
authors.forename: Gijs Th J
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: van Well
authors.forename: Lonneke B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: van der Mark
authors.forename: R Jeroen
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Vermeulen
authors.forename: Barend J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: van Royen
authors.forename: Paul I J M
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Wuisman
authors.forename: A Marceline
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: van Furth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005869:Ghana / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D011859:Radiography; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*