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Spinal tuberculosis in a 14-year-old immigrant in the Netherlands.

Author(s): Mechteld A. R. Vermeulen, N Anker, P. I. J. M. Wuisman, Adriaan van ’t Spijker, Bennard van Ravenzwaay

Publication date: 2007-09-30

Keywords: Adolescent, Communicable Diseases, Emerging, epidemiology, Emigrants and Immigrants, Ghana, ethnology, Humans, Locomotion, Netherlands, Tuberculosis, Spinal, pathology, radiography

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We present a case of Pott's disease, where the patient presented with neurological impairment due to vertebral granulomatous necrosis, needing immediate decompression and later stabilizing and reconstructive orthopaedic surgery, in order to create awareness for TB in general, especially this forgotten form of spinal tuberculosis.

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PubMed ID:: 17102970

DOI:: 10.1007/s00431-006-0347-1

ScienceOpen disciplines: Chemistry

Keywords: Adolescent,Communicable Diseases, Emerging,epidemiology,Emigrants and Immigrants,Ghana,ethnology,Humans,Locomotion,Netherlands,Tuberculosis, Spinal,pathology,radiography

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Keywords: Adolescent, Communicable Diseases, Emerging, epidemiology, Emigrants and Immigrants, Ghana, ethnology, Humans, Locomotion, Netherlands, Tuberculosis, Spinal, pathology, radiography

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