A neck mass with brachial plexus injury: Pott's disease

Aycicek A., Eser O., SEZER M., Degirmenci B.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY, cilt.30, sa.5, ss.350-352, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.06.016
  • Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.350-352
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Tuberculous osteomyelitis of the spine is most commonly seen in lower thoracic and lumbar vertebrae. Cervical spine tuberculosis is a very rare condition, and it represents a very small part of all patients with Pott's disease. We present a case with thoraco-cervical Pott's disease, with left-sided neck mass and left ann and hand weakness and numbness. The patient had a paraspinal abscess under the sternocleidomastoid muscle that was compressing the brachial plexus. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.