title: A neck mass with brachial plexus injury: Pott's disease.
abstract: Tuberculous osteomyelitis of the spine is most commonly seen in lower thoracic and lumbar vertebrae. Cervical spine tuberculosis is a very rare condition, and it represents a very small part of all patients with Pott's disease. We present a case with thoraco-cervical Pott's disease, with left-sided neck mass and left arm and hand weakness and numbness. The patient had a paraspinal abscess under the sternocleidomastoid muscle that was compressing the brachial plexus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey. draycicek@mynet.com
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aycicek
authors.forename: Olcay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Eser
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sezer
authors.forename: Bumin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Degirmenci
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000293:injuries*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents