spinal tuberculosis

spinal tuberculosis
tuberculosis of spine skeletal tuberculosis of the vertebral column, with osteitis or caries of the vertebrae; characteristics include back stiffness, pain on motion, tenderness on pressure, prominence of certain vertebral spines, and occasionally abdominal pain, abscess formation, and paralysis. Called also David disease, Pott disease, spondylitis tuberculosa, and tuberculous spondylitis.

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