1
40
1
-
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
URL Address
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3101365" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3101365</a>
Rights
Article information provided for research and reference use only. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s).
Pages
604-608
Issue
11
Volume
40
Search for Full-text
Locate full-text within NEOMED Library's e-journal collections
<p>Users with a NEOMED Library login can search for full-text journal articles at the following url: <a href="https://libraryguides.neomed.edu/home">https://libraryguides.neomed.edu/home</a></p>
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Tuberculosis of the spine (Pott's disease) presenting as 'compression fractures'
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Spinal Cord
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2002
2002-11
Subject
The topic of the resource
diagnosis; bone; rehabilitation; management; Neurosciences & Neurology; compression; tuberculosis; Fracture; immunodeficiency-virus infection; Pott's disease; tuberculosis of spine
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Dass B; Puet T A; Watanakunakorn C
Description
An account of the resource
Study design: Case reports and survey of literature. Objective: Case reports of two women with tuberculosis (TB) of the spine (Pott's disease) presenting with severe back pain and diagnosed as compression fracture are described. Physicians should include Pott's disease in the differential diagnosis when patients present with severe back pain and evidence of vertebral collapse. Setting: Ohio, USA. Methods: A review of the literature on the pathogenesis, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic methods, treatment and prognosis of spinal TB was conducted. Results: After initial delay, proper diagnosis of spinal TB was made in our patients. Microbiologic diagnosis confirmed M. tuberculosis, and appropriate medical treatment was initiated. Conclusions: Although uncommon, spinal TB still occurs in patients from developed countries, such as the US and Europe. Back pain is an important symptom. Vertebral collapse from TB may be misinterpreted as 'compression fractures' especially in elderly women. Magnetic resonance imaging scan (MRI) is an excellent procedure for the diagnosis of TB spine. However, microbiologic diagnosis is essential. Mycobacterium tuberculosis may be cultured from other sites. Otherwise, biopsy of the spine lesion should be done for pathologic diagnosis, culture and stain for M. tuberculosis. Clinicians should consider Pott's disease in the differential diagnosis of patients with back pain and destructive vertebral lesions. Proper diagnosis and anti-tuberculosis treatment with or without surgery will result in cure.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3101365" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1038/sj.sc.3101365</a>
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
2002
Bone
compression
Dass B
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Diagnosis
Fracture
immunodeficiency-virus infection
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
Management
NEOMED College of Medicine
Neurosciences & Neurology
Pott's disease
Puet T A
Rehabilitation
Spinal Cord
Tuberculosis
tuberculosis of spine
Watanakunakorn C