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Abstract
Osteitis or caries of the vertebrae, usually occurring as a complication of tuberculosis of the lungs.
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9 entry terms
- Pott Disease
- Pott's Disease
- Tuberculosis, Spinal
- Disease, Pott
- Disease, Pott's
- Potts Disease
- Spinal Tuberculoses
- Tuberculoses, Spinal
- Pott's Paraplegia
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate IM with specific vertebra (IM); do not confuse entry term POTT DISEASE with POTT-PUFFY TUMOR
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Spinal Tuberculosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014399. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014399
- Spinal Tuberculosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pott%27s_disease
- Spinal Tuberculosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2723627