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Classroom classification

百科

Spinal TB with paralysis

骨外科

Common symptoms

无力、钝痛、脊髓休克、运动功能障碍、阵挛、脊髓受压、脊髓病变、截瘫、感觉障碍

The pathology of disease

Spinal tuberculosis with paralysis is neurologic compromise from spinal cord compression by TB abscess/gibbus; most serious complication; urgent decompression.

Symptoms

Weakness; sensory level; bowel/bladder dysfunction; back pain; gibbus

Causes

Spinal cord compression by abscess/gibbus in Pott disease.

Treatment

Anti-TB therapy; urgent surgical decompression and stabilization

Dept

Orthopedic / neurosurgery / infectious disease.

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