Spinal tuberculosis in a 14-year-old immigrant in the Netherlands.
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.
van Well
Gijs Th J
GT
Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. g.vanwell@vumc.nl
van der Mark
Lonneke B
LB
Vermeulen
R Jeroen
RJ
van Royen
Barend J
BJ
Wuisman
Paul I J M
PI
van Furth
A Marceline
AM
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*