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A Retrospective Study on Endoscopic Surgery for the Treatment of Paravertebral Abscess in Spinal Tuberculosis Patients
Published on: October 25, 2024
An atypical localisation of tuberculosis infection in patients undergoing haemodialysis: a case report
Hasan Kayabasi1, Dede Sit, Ali Kemal Kadiroglu
1Assistant Professor, Department of Nephrology, Dicle University Medical Faculty, Diyarbakir, Turkey. drkayabasi@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Spinal tuberculosis (TB) is a rare skeletal system localisation of TB in haemodialysis patients. In this paper, a case of Pott's disease with a psoas muscle abscess is reported. The patient had been on the dialysis programme for five years and was complaining of back pain, weight loss and weakness, which were investigated. A thoracolumbar magnetic resonance imaging showed multiple paravertebral abscesses invading the psoas muscle. TB diagnosis was made by microbiological analysis of specimen, which was obtained by fine needle aspiration under computerised tomography guidance.
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