Pleural involvement in spinal tuberculosis

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Apr;86(4):560. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0673.

Abstract

Spinal tuberculosis or Pott's disease of the spine associated with pleural involvement has long intrigued researchers regarding the nature and pathogenesis of their occurrence. We describe two interesting patients of spinal tuberculosis, one with cervical and another with thoracic spine disease, with pleural involvement, which developed after lateral extension of cold abscess involving the parietal pleura, and without any evidence of pulmonary disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / complications
  • Abscess / diagnostic imaging
  • Abscess / microbiology
  • Abscess / pathology*
  • Adult
  • Cervical Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Cervical Vertebrae / microbiology
  • Cervical Vertebrae / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / pathogenicity*
  • Pleura / diagnostic imaging
  • Pleura / microbiology
  • Pleura / pathology*
  • Radiography
  • Tuberculosis, Spinal / complications
  • Tuberculosis, Spinal / diagnostic imaging
  • Tuberculosis, Spinal / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis, Spinal / pathology*