PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | tuberculosis |
| Phenotype | C0030486|paraplegia |
| Sentences | 2 |
| PubMedID- 21168093 | Background context: early decompression in spinal tuberculosis (tb) with complete paraplegia has a better prognosis in relation to the neurological recovery and deformity progression. |
| PubMedID- 21731817 | tuberculosis of the vertebral column has been around for over 5000 years; evidence of the disease has been observed in mummies from ancient egypt.1 the london surgeon sir perceival pott was the first to report this extra-pulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis (tb) in association with paraplegia and kyphotic deformity of the spine.2 the commonest extra-pulmonary skeletal manifestation of tb is within the spine, with a predilection to the thoracic and lumbar regions of the vertebral column. |
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