Pott's disease
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pott-s-disease-170-931237
title:
Pott's disease
text:
Pott's disease, or Pott disease, named for British surgeon Percivall Pott who first described the symptoms in 1799, is tuberculosis of the spine, usually due to haematogenous spread from other sites, often the lungs. The lower thoracic and upper lumbar vertebrae areas of the spine are most often affected. It causes a kind of tuberculous arthritis of the intervertebral joints. The infection can spread from two adjacent vertebrae into the adjoining intervertebral disc space. If only one vertebra i
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description:
Tuberculosis of the spine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pott%27s_disease
date created:
2003-02-27T17:41:11Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T21:50:15Z
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