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Dysphagia Revealing Cervical Pott's Sickness: A Study of Observation and Review of the Literature

Domain:

healthcare

Record type:

paper
Creator:
HarDr.RamVan
Publisher:
SAS
Host:
Cervical Pott's disease is an uncommon spinal location. Spinal cord compression and epidural abscesses are serious complications that can be life threatening. We report a case of cervical Pott's disease revealed by dysphagia due to a minimal retropharyngeal abscess in a 12-year-old Senegalese girl. This observation reveals one of the facets of tuberculosis, rarely described in Africa.

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