Pott disease mimics postsurgical pyogenic spondylodiscitis.
Postsurgical pyogenic spondylodiscitis is a well known complication of lumbar microdiscectomy. However; Pott disease after the early period of lumbar microdiscectomy has not been reported so far. Pott disease may mimic infectious complications of surgery and may be a reason of misdiagnosis. The author reports a 51 years old case nonresponsive to nonspecific antibiotic administration with diagnostic difficulty. To the author's knowledge this is the first Pott case that mimics postsurgical pyogenic spondylodiscitis.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. suaterolcelik@yahoo.com
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017586:Diskectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D012585:Sciatica / Q000601:surgery*; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography