Atypical spinal tuberculosis involved noncontiguous multiple segments
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Atypical spinal tuberculosis involved noncontiguous multiple segments
In its typical form, spinal tuberculosis (TB) presents as destroyed contiguous vertebral bodies with involvement of intervertebral discs and paravertebral or psoas abscesses. Atypical forms are uncommonly reported. Here, we describe 8 patients with noncontiguous multisegmental spinal TB with no intervertebral disc involvement. From 2013 to 2014, we surgically treated 384 patients with spinal TB...
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● Received: September 5, 2014 ● Revised: November 2, 2014 ● Accepted: November 4, 2014 Corresponding Author: Sim Sai Tin, MD Medical Center, Shantou, China Tel: +866624132436, Fax: +866624132436 E-mail: [email protected] ◯∝This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/3.0/) whic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000006559