Open AccessPOTT DISEASE IN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENT, A CASE REPORT.
Author(s) -
Heloyse Nascimento Lima,
Romulo Braga Pires,
Angelica Gomes de Carvalho,
Isabella Vilane Braga Saboia Rythowem,
Pedro Portugal,
Clara Leticia Rocha Silva
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista de patologia do tocantins
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2446-6492
pISSN - 2318-8960
DOI - 10.20873/uft.2446-6492.2020v7n1p52
Subject(s) - medicine , chills , tuberculosis , disease , rare disease , abscess , surgery , paraplegia , lymphoma , infectious disease (medical specialty) , dermatology , pathology , spinal cord , psychiatry
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The pulmonary form is more frequent, but other body structures may be affected. Pott's Disease is a rare entity and accounts for about 0.5% - 1% of extrapulmonary manifestation, especially in immunosuppressed patients. It occurs through reactivation of sites for the spine and sometimes lower limbs. The symptomatology presents itself through the triad: abscess, paraplegia and gibbosity, associated with the classic clinical picture of pulmonary TB: fever, night sweats and chills. The aim of this study is to demonstrate a case of Pott's disease in a 56-year-old female patient with a history of chemotherapy due to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. After treatment, the patient evolved with symptomatic improvement and good clinical outcome.