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Case Report

Pott Disease: When Lumbar Pain is Not Innocent

by
Evgenia Kalamara
1,2,*,
Evangelos T Ballas
3 and
Guergana Petrova
4
1
10th Pulmonology Clinic “Sotiria” Regional Chest Disease Hospital, Athens, Greece
2
Department of Respiratory Medicine, G Papanikolaou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
3
Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
4
Pediatric Clinic Hospital “Alexandrovska“, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Adv. Respir. Med. 2020, 88(6), 608-611; https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2020.0154
Submission received: 2 April 2020 / Revised: 17 June 2020 / Accepted: 17 June 2020 / Published: 27 October 2020

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a mycobacterial infection that can affect the lungs as well as other organs. The involvement of the spine, although rare, can have major consequences if not diagnosed and treated in a timely and effective manner, such as residual deformities and neurological deficits. On occasion, the atypical presentation of tuberculous spondylitis may cause a delay in treatment and therefore lead to less favorable outcomes. In this article, we present a rare case of progressed tuberculous infection involving the respiratory and musculoskeletal system in a 36-year-old patient whose main complaints were non-specific and mild, and started only two weeks before his diagnosis, despite the advanced disease.
Keywords: Pott disease; tuberculous spondylitis; extrathoracic tuberculosis; lumbar pain; tuberculosis Pott disease; tuberculous spondylitis; extrathoracic tuberculosis; lumbar pain; tuberculosis

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Kalamara, E.; Ballas, E.T.; Petrova, G. Pott Disease: When Lumbar Pain is Not Innocent. Adv. Respir. Med. 2020, 88, 608-611. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2020.0154

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Kalamara E, Ballas ET, Petrova G. Pott Disease: When Lumbar Pain is Not Innocent. Advances in Respiratory Medicine. 2020; 88(6):608-611. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2020.0154

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Kalamara, Evgenia, Evangelos T Ballas, and Guergana Petrova. 2020. "Pott Disease: When Lumbar Pain is Not Innocent" Advances in Respiratory Medicine 88, no. 6: 608-611. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2020.0154

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Kalamara, E., Ballas, E. T., & Petrova, G. (2020). Pott Disease: When Lumbar Pain is Not Innocent. Advances in Respiratory Medicine, 88(6), 608-611. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2020.0154

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