Atypical spinal tuberculosis
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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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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0301-620X,2044-5377
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.66b2.6707060