La Tunisie médicale
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La Tunisie médicale · Dec 2006
Vertebral tuberculosis revealed by thoracic manifestations. A study of five cases.
Spine is the most frequent location of bone tuberculosis, which can seldom be revealed by thoracic manifestations. ⋯ Pott's disease can be observed in non immunocompromised patients. In the Lung Diseases Department, it is often revealed by thoracic manifestations and associated to pulmonary lesions, which makes the formal diagnosis easy. Here, vertebral tuberculosis does not have anatomical specificities; nevertheless, the multilevel forms are relatively frequent. It constitutes an index of bacillus dissemination, requiring the search for other extra-vertebral locations.