Spinal tuberculosis in a 14-year-old immigrant in the Netherlands

Gijs Th J. van Well; Lonneke B. van der Mark; R. Jeroen Vermeulen; Barend J. van Royen; Paul I. J. M. Wuisman; A. Marceline van Furth

doi:10.1007/s00431-006-0347-1

Spinal tuberculosis in a 14-year-old immigrant in the Netherlands

Gijs Th J. van Well
, Lonneke B. van der Mark
, R. Jeroen Vermeulen
, Barend J. van Royen
, Paul I. J. M. Wuisman
, A. Marceline van Furth

VU Medisch Centrum

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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

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1071-1073
Number of pages	3
Journal	European journal of pediatrics
Volume	166
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-006-0347-1
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2007

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Orthopaedic surgery
Spinal cord compression
Spinal tuberculosis

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Spinal tuberculosis in a 14-year-old immigrant in the Netherlands

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