Pott's Disease

• back pain
• fever
• night sweats
• anorexia
• weight loss

• blood tests - elevated ESR
• skin tests
• radiographs of the spine
• bone scan
• CT of the spine
• bone biopsy

• severe kyphosis
• sinus formation,
• paraplegia (so called Pott's paraplegia)

• non-operative - antituberculous drugs
• immobilization of the spine region
• operative

External links

• Pott Disease Tuberculous Spondylitis - from eMedicine - medical article with MRI picture

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