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Intensive Care Unit/Pulmonology Service of ISSSTECALI, Autonomous University of Baja California, Valle Dorado Unit, Mexico

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• Case Report   
  Fracture of a Dorsal Vertebral Body as the First Manifestation of Pott's Disease: Presentation of Clinical Case
  Author(s): Daniela Ledezma González*, Carolina Armeaga Azoños and Ricardo Coronado Sandoval
  
  Introduction: Infection with tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) has become a disease with high incidence and prevalence, due to its dissemination pathway and its pathophysiological mechanisms, which make it an entity with variable clinical presentation. One of these presentations is tuberculous osteomyelitis or PottDisease. This syndrome occurs when, by hematogenous dissemination, the mycobacterium spreads to the spinal column, most commonly in the dorsal region, causing pain, paresis, abscesses, and deformity and, in advanced cases, paraplegia due to neurological damage secondary to the infection. Clinical case: In January 2018 of a male patient of 34 years old, resident of the San Quintín community, Baja California , Mexico with type 2 diabetes mellitus, Obesity grade III, and hepatic failure as comorbiditie.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9899.20.11.594

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