- Pott paraplegia
- paraplegia due to vertebral caries or spinal tuberculosis; called also Pott paralysis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Pott paraplegia
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Pott disease — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|A|18|0|a|15, ICD10|M|49|0|m|45 ICD9 = ICD9|015.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D014399Pott disease is a presentation of extrapulmonary… … Wikipedia
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