Pulmonary Tuberculosis Presenting Acutely as Paraplegia: An Unusual Presentation

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis most commonly involves the bones and the spine. The present case is that of a young boy who presented with acute onset paraplegia without any pre-existant complaints of cough with sputum, fever, night sweats or weight loss.

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Autor principal: Pande, Apurva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3902691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24479102
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.120771
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spelling pubmed-39026912014-01-29 Pulmonary Tuberculosis Presenting Acutely as Paraplegia: An Unusual Presentation Pande, Apurva J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Extrapulmonary tuberculosis most commonly involves the bones and the spine. The present case is that of a young boy who presented with acute onset paraplegia without any pre-existant complaints of cough with sputum, fever, night sweats or weight loss. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3902691/ /pubmed/24479102 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.120771 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis Presenting Acutely as Paraplegia: An Unusual Presentation
title Pulmonary Tuberculosis Presenting Acutely as Paraplegia: An Unusual Presentation
title_full Pulmonary Tuberculosis Presenting Acutely as Paraplegia: An Unusual Presentation
title_fullStr Pulmonary Tuberculosis Presenting Acutely as Paraplegia: An Unusual Presentation
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary Tuberculosis Presenting Acutely as Paraplegia: An Unusual Presentation
title_short Pulmonary Tuberculosis Presenting Acutely as Paraplegia: An Unusual Presentation
title_sort pulmonary tuberculosis presenting acutely as paraplegia: an unusual presentation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3902691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24479102
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.120771
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