ArticleAnnals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials2009
A fatal case of spinal tuberculosis mistaken for metastatic lung cancer: recalling ancient Pott's disease.
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- Surgical Treatment for Spinal Tuberculosis without Elevation of Inflammatory Biomarkers at the Initial Visit Mimicking Spinal Metastasis.Case reports in orthopedics · 2020Article
- Late diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a child at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital, Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa: A case report.African journal of laboratory medicine · 2019Article
- Lung adenocarcinoma presumed to be Pott's disease in a 28-year-old patient: A case report and review of literature.Surgical neurology international · 2019Article
- Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis: A case report.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2016Article
- Lumbar Spinal Tuberculosis Presenting as Abdominal Pain: Case Report.Surgery journal (New York, N.Y.) · 2015Article
- Spinal Tuberculosis Presenting as Abdominal Pain: Rare Presentation of a Common Disease.Oman medical journal · 2014Article
- Isolated atypical spinal tuberculosis mistaken for neoplasia: case report and literature review.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2013Review
- Predictors of persistently positive Mycobacterium-tuberculosis-specific interferon-gamma responses in the serial testing of health care workers.BMC infectious diseases · 2010Article
- Abdominal pain as a presenting feature of spinal tuberculosis in a child.Annals of Saudi medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTuberculous spondylitis (Pott's disease) is an ancient human disease. Because it is rare in high-income, tuberculosis (TB) low incidence countries, misdiagnoses occur as sufficient clinical experience is lacking. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a fatal case of a patient with spinal TB, who was mistakenly irradiated for suspected metastatic lung cancer of the spine in the presence of a solitary pulmonary nodule of the left upper lobe. Subsequently, the patient progressed to central nervous system TB, and finally, disseminated TB before the accurate diagnosis was established. Isolation and antimycobacterial chemotherapy were initiated after an in-hospital course of approximately three months including numerous health care related contacts and procedures.
conclusionThe rapid diagnosis of spinal TB demands a high index of suspicion and expertise regarding the appropriate diagnostic procedures. Due to the devastating consequences of a missed diagnosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis should be considered early in every case of spondylitis, intraspinal or paravertebral abscess. The presence of certain alarm signals like a prolonged history of progressive back pain, constitutional symptoms or pulmonary nodules on a chest radiograph, particularly in the upper lobes, may guide the clinical suspicion.
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