A Rare Case of Sacral Pott’s Disease
Neil Khoury, Mehrdad Karimi, Gennadiy Grutman, S Varatharajah, Y Charles, X Buy, A Walter, J Steib, et al. (33 authors)
Abstract
Tuberculosis spondylitis, or “Pott’s Disease”, is a rare extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis involving the spine. Very few cases of tuberculosis with sacral involvement have been reported, particularly in the United States, which may pose a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. We present a case report of extrapulmonary tuberculosis with sacral involvement in a 27-year-old male who initially presented with systemic symptoms thought to be related to a hematologic malignancy
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Tuberculosis
- Spondylitis
- Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
- Malignancy
- Disease
- Rare disease
- Dermatology
- Surgery
- Back pain
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis