A teenage girl with a sternal mass: an unusual presentation of Pott disease

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2010 Nov;26(11):840-2. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181fb0e38.

Abstract

Bone and joint infection complicating tuberculosis is most likely to involve vertebrae. Pott disease, or tuberculous spondylitis, represents a small proportion of tuberculosis cases, but it can be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Our case report details Pott disease in a teenage girl, which presented with a sternal mass. We also present a review of the subject.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bed Rest
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Sternum
  • Tuberculosis, Spinal / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Spinal / therapy*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Dexamethasone