Delayed Diagnosis of Spinal Tuberculosis in a 44-year-old Male with Acute on Chronic Low Back Pain

Spinal tuberculosis (STB), also known as tuberculous spondylitis, tuberculous vertebral osteomyelitis, or Pott’s disease is a rare subset of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Although rare in developed countries, STB is an important diagnosis for the emergency physician to consider. We report a case of a...

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Main Authors: Curt Canine, Sarah Medeck, Anthony Hackett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2019-05-01
Series:Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1hs8t5w0