The great simulator: A historical presentation involving miliary tuberculosis and Pott’s disease in an immunocompetent young female patient aged 25

The association between miliary tuberculous and spondylodiscitis is rarely described in the literature and usually occurs in immunocompromised patients. We report the case of an immunocompetent woman aged 25, suffering from inflammatory back pain associated with fever and weight loss in postpartum....

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Main Authors:	Safaa Belghali, Dorra Amri, Khadija Baccouche, Senda Mejdoub, Hela Zeglaoui, Elyes Bouajina
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-07-01
Series:	Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Subjects:	Spinal tuberculosis Pott’s disease Miliary tuberculosis
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763817301000

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spelling	doaj-1ab19f53486e4bf08e54c8185afb6df32020-11-24T22:19:30ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsEgyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis0422-76382017-07-0166342943010.1016/j.ejcdt.2017.04.003The great simulator: A historical presentation involving miliary tuberculosis and Pott’s disease in an immunocompetent young female patient aged 25Safaa Belghali0Dorra Amri1Khadija Baccouche2Senda Mejdoub3Hela Zeglaoui4Elyes Bouajina5Rheumatology Department Farhat Hached Hospital, IBN ELJAZZAR Street, Sousse 4000, TunisiaRheumatology Department Farhat Hached Hospital, IBN ELJAZZAR Street, Sousse 4000, TunisiaRheumatology Department Farhat Hached Hospital, IBN ELJAZZAR Street, Sousse 4000, TunisiaRadiology Department Farhat Hached Hospital, IBN ELJAZZAR Street, Sousse 4000, TunisiaRheumatology Department Farhat Hached Hospital, IBN ELJAZZAR Street, Sousse 4000, TunisiaRheumatology Department Farhat Hached Hospital, IBN ELJAZZAR Street, Sousse 4000, TunisiaThe association between miliary tuberculous and spondylodiscitis is rarely described in the literature and usually occurs in immunocompromised patients. We report the case of an immunocompetent woman aged 25, suffering from inflammatory back pain associated with fever and weight loss in postpartum. Chest CT-scan showed a miliary and spine CT-scan revealed the presence of staged spondylodiscitis with epiduritis. The diagnosis of tuberculosis was made by the detection of bacillus in the pus of paravertebral abscess.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763817301000Spinal tuberculosisPott’s diseaseMiliary tuberculosis
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author	Safaa Belghali Dorra Amri Khadija Baccouche Senda Mejdoub Hela Zeglaoui Elyes Bouajina
spellingShingle	Safaa Belghali Dorra Amri Khadija Baccouche Senda Mejdoub Hela Zeglaoui Elyes Bouajina The great simulator: A historical presentation involving miliary tuberculosis and Pott’s disease in an immunocompetent young female patient aged 25 Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis Spinal tuberculosis Pott’s disease Miliary tuberculosis
author_facet	Safaa Belghali Dorra Amri Khadija Baccouche Senda Mejdoub Hela Zeglaoui Elyes Bouajina
author_sort	Safaa Belghali
title	The great simulator: A historical presentation involving miliary tuberculosis and Pott’s disease in an immunocompetent young female patient aged 25
title_short	The great simulator: A historical presentation involving miliary tuberculosis and Pott’s disease in an immunocompetent young female patient aged 25
title_full	The great simulator: A historical presentation involving miliary tuberculosis and Pott’s disease in an immunocompetent young female patient aged 25
title_fullStr	The great simulator: A historical presentation involving miliary tuberculosis and Pott’s disease in an immunocompetent young female patient aged 25
title_full_unstemmed	The great simulator: A historical presentation involving miliary tuberculosis and Pott’s disease in an immunocompetent young female patient aged 25
title_sort	great simulator: a historical presentation involving miliary tuberculosis and pott’s disease in an immunocompetent young female patient aged 25
publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series	Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
issn	0422-7638
publishDate	2017-07-01
description	The association between miliary tuberculous and spondylodiscitis is rarely described in the literature and usually occurs in immunocompromised patients. We report the case of an immunocompetent woman aged 25, suffering from inflammatory back pain associated with fever and weight loss in postpartum. Chest CT-scan showed a miliary and spine CT-scan revealed the presence of staged spondylodiscitis with epiduritis. The diagnosis of tuberculosis was made by the detection of bacillus in the pus of paravertebral abscess.
topic	Spinal tuberculosis Pott’s disease Miliary tuberculosis
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763817301000
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The great simulator: A historical presentation involving miliary tuberculosis and Pott’s disease in an immunocompetent young female patient aged 25

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