Pott's Disease and Cold Abscesses
- Author:
Daisuke Kurai
;
Takeshi Saraya
;
Manabu Ishida
;
Akira Nakajima
;
Yukari Ogawa
;
Yasutaka Tanaka
;
Hajime Takizawa
;
Hajime Goto
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
tuberculosis;
spondylitis;
Pott's disease;
cold abscess;
back pain
- From:General Medicine
2012;13(2):110-112
- CountryJapan
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Tuberculous spondylitis, or so-called Pott's disease, seems to be overlooked because of a lack of severe inflammation in the insidious generating process and tends to cause non-specific symptoms, such as back pain, fever, weakness, and weight loss. Diagnostic delay is common and the results can be disastrous. Discriminating between Pott's disease and other diseases, such as malignancy and pyogenic infection, is difficult. However, the inflammatory process in Pott's disease tends to spare the disk space, while that of pyogenic infection typically affects the area. Herein, we present a patient with Pott's disease who showed the characteristic clinical and radiological findings.
