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12503025

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-27
pubmed:abstractText
Centro-somatic tuberculous vertebral osteitis is defined as tuberculous infection of the vertebral body with preserved integrity of the adjacent intervertabral disk. Other types of vertebral tuberculosis include Pott's spondylodiscitis and exceptional lesions of the posterior arch. We report a case of centro-somatic tuberculous vertebral osteitis in a 14-year-old boy who developed staged lesions of the L2 to S1 bodies, associated with a posterior epidural collection but without any deterioration of the intervertebral disk on plain x-rays and computed tomography. This atypical aspect of the lesions required a surgical biopsy which yielded a yellow-whitish fibro-oleagenous, friable product more suggestive of neoplasm than infection, but histology rectified the diagnosis, showing typical caseo-follicular tuberculosis. A 6-month anti-tuberculosis regimen was rapidly followed by symptom improvement. We emphasize the importance of modern imaging techniques for the diagnosis of vertebral lesions and for guided biopsy or drainage.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0035-1040
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
819-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
[Centro-somatic staged tuberculous vertebral osteitis: a case report].
pubmed:affiliation
Service de Traumato-Orthopédie Pédiatrique, Hôpital d'Enfants, Rabat, Maroc. hzerhouni@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports