Spinal tuberculosis (Pott's disease) associated to psoas abscess: report of two cases and a literature review

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Vilar, Fernando Crivelenti¹  Fonseca, Benedito Antônio Lopes da¹  Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto¹  Colares, Jeová Keny Baima¹  Neves, Fábio Fernandes¹ 

关键词: Pott's disease;    Spinal tuberculosis;    Mycobacterium tuberculosis;    Psoas abscess;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822006000300011

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

Tuberculosis is one of the most important infectious disease worldwide, with 3,9 million reported cases in the world in 2002. The skeletal form is responsible for 3% of the total number of cases, with 50% of these due to spinal tuberculosis. The psoas abscess is a rare clinical entity with approximately 12 cases per year described in the medical literature and has in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis , one of its etiologic agents. The objective of this work is to report two cases of spinal tuberculosis associated with psoas abscess attended at our service, as well as a review of the literature.

【 授权许可】

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