Gluteal abscess: A manifestation of Pott's spine

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-88

  Kumar, Raj ^a   Chandra, A ^b  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cold abscess; Gluteal abscess; Pott's spine; Tuberculosis spine

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALLUS; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE DURATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HEALING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUS; SCOLIOSIS; SOFT TISSUE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STAINING; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ABSCESS; BUTTOCKS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 0041302429     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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