Abstract

CARPIO DEHEZA, Gonzalo  and  GARCIA ANGELO, René. POTT DISEASE: COLUMN INSTRUMENTATION, REPORT OF A CASE. Rev. Méd.-Cient. Luz Vida [online]. 2010, vol.1, n.1, pp. 46-50. ISSN 2219-8032.

Less than 1 % of patients with miliary tuberculosis has vertebral tuberculosis or also called Pott Disease. The most important symptomatology is pain, limited function and muscular contracture. When illness is advanced, it presents dorsal hump and neurologic affectation. Now, we present the case of 34 years old feminine patient whom seven months before, she presented pulmonary tuberculosis as a past health with lumbar pain and paresthesia of inferior members such as symptoms. Image studies develop morfophology alterations since T10 to T12. At the beginning, she was treated with Rifampin-Isoniazid-Pyrazinamide-Etambutol, then, she had column instrumentation with a favorable evolution.

Keywords : Spinal Tuberculosis; Pott Disease.