Pathophysiology diagram: Pott’s disease Risk factor:

-Close contact w/ people with

active PTB

-Poor socioeconomics

-Malnutrition

-Immunocompromised people

-Living in overcrowded
substandard housing

-Healthcare worker

-Therapeutic immusuppression
Medication
Exposure to Chest x-ray(2009) in local hospital at Rizal:
: Isoniazid
mycobacterium
Pyrazinamid Impression: pulmonary tuberculosis
tuberculosis

Primary pulmonary tuberculosis2009

-Intermittent fever

- upper back pain, non-radiating, graded

Hematogeneous spread of M. tuberculosis
10/10

Anterior aspect of vertebral body

is infected

M. tuberculosis spreads to
adjacent interverbral disc between
two infected vertbrae
 Progressive bone
Intermittent back pain(2009)
destruction

Infected anterior Caseation takes place

intervebral disc
collapse
(+)Gibbus deformity
beteeen T4 to T7(noted Spinal canal narrowed by
upon admission, and abscesses, granulation , tissue or
Kyphosis
duty week) direct dural invasion

Spinal cord compression

Neurological effects and Numbness and weakness of both

lower motor deficits lower extremities Pott’s