Paraplegia and spinal deformity in a Mozambican child with Pott's disease and tuberculous scrofula

MeSH terms

• Abscess / microbiology
• Antitubercular Agents / administration & dosage
• Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
• Child, Preschool
• Humans
• Male
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
• Neck / microbiology
• Neck / pathology
• Paraplegia / diagnosis
• Paraplegia / etiology*
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
• Treatment Outcome
• Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / microbiology*
• Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / pathology
• Tuberculosis, Spinal / diagnostic imaging*
• Tuberculosis, Spinal / drug therapy
• Tuberculosis, Spinal / microbiology
• Tuberculosis, Spinal / pathology