Advanced vertebral tuberculosis in an adolescent
Keywords:
tuberculosis, Pott´s desease, vertebral tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis.Abstract
The case report of an 18 years patient, HIV seropositive is described. He was assisted at Luena Provincial Hospital, angolan province of Moxico due to a lumbar pain. A computerized axial tomography was carried out, which showed great vertebral destruction and bilateral paravertebral collections. The patient maintained an unfavorable clinical course and died 20 days after the diagnosis.
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