Spinal tuberculosis or Pott´s disease in an adult patient

Authors

  • Arianna Rosales Oliva Unidad Municipal de Higiene y Epidemiología, Tercer Frente, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

Keywords:

spondylitis, sacralization, hyperkyphosis, lumbosacralgia, Pott´s disease, primary health care.

Abstract

The case of a 47 years patient  assisted in the Internal Medicine Service of  "Esteban Caballero" Polyclinic is described, belonging to Matías health area  of Tercer Frente municipality  in Santiago de Cuba who presented pains of moderate intensity in the dorsolumbar region  that  were not relieved with analgesics.  The  echographic and radiographic studies of the spine confirmed the diagnosis of  Pott´s disease.  Specific treatment was indicated and the patient had a satisfactory clinical course. 

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Published

2015-11-09

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Rosales Oliva A. Spinal tuberculosis or Pott´s disease in an adult patient. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2015 Nov. 9 [cited 2025 Jun. 5];19(11). Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/531

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 11 (2015): Medisan

Section

Case Reports

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