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. 2021 Mar 8:54:e0491-2020.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0491-2020. eCollection 2021.

Pott disease: Vertebral Tuberculosis

Libardo Valencia Chicué  1   2 , Indalecio Carboni Bisso  1   2 , Marcos Las Heras  1
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Pott disease: Vertebral Tuberculosis

Libardo Valencia Chicué et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. .
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1:
FIGURE 1:. Thoracic kyphosis.
FIGURE 2:
FIGURE 2:. Chest CT scan: T10 and T11 vertebral destruction (red arrow) with a thickening of the paravertebral soft tissues (green arrow) and the displacement of bone fragments into the medullary canal (blue arrow).
FIGURE 3:
FIGURE 3:. Chest computed tomographic scan showing thick-walled cavitated lesions in the upper lobes.
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