Pott's Spine with Bilateral Psoas Abscesses
A high degree of suspicion and appropriate imaging studies are required for the early diagnosis of Pott’s spine. We describe a 4-year-old boy with Pott’s disease of the lumbar spine with bilateral psoas abscesses. The child responded to conservative treatment with antituberculous treatment and ultra...
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| author | Sanjeevani Masavkar Preeti Shanbag Prithi Inamdar |
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| description | A high degree of suspicion and appropriate imaging studies are required for the early diagnosis of Pott’s spine. We describe a 4-year-old boy with Pott’s disease of the lumbar spine with bilateral psoas abscesses. The child responded to conservative treatment with antituberculous treatment and ultrasonographically guided percutaneous drainage of the abscesses. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fc51300cfa2d47b08ec2aa6c5f51df3d2025-02-03T01:01:58ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572012-01-01201210.1155/2012/208946208946Pott's Spine with Bilateral Psoas AbscessesSanjeevani Masavkar0Preeti Shanbag1Prithi Inamdar2Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400022, IndiaDepartment of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400022, IndiaDepartment of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400022, IndiaA high degree of suspicion and appropriate imaging studies are required for the early diagnosis of Pott’s spine. We describe a 4-year-old boy with Pott’s disease of the lumbar spine with bilateral psoas abscesses. The child responded to conservative treatment with antituberculous treatment and ultrasonographically guided percutaneous drainage of the abscesses.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/208946 |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Pott's Spine with Bilateral Psoas Abscesses |
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