[Spinal tuberculosis (Pott's disease) associated to psoas abscess: report of two cases and a literature review]

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2006 May-Jun;39(3):278-82. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822006000300011.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

Tuberculosis is one of the most important infectious disease worldwide, with 3,9 million reported cases in the world in 2002. The skeletal form is responsible for 3% of the total number of cases, with 50% of these due to spinal tuberculosis. The psoas abscess is a rare clinical entity with approximately 12 cases per year described in the medical literature and has in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis , one of its etiologic agents. The objective of this work is to report two cases of spinal tuberculosis associated with psoas abscess attended at our service, as well as a review of the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / microbiology*
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
  • Psoas Abscess / diagnosis
  • Psoas Abscess / microbiology*
  • Psoas Abscess / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculosis, Spinal / complications*
  • Tuberculosis, Spinal / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Spinal / therapy

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents