Tuberculosis Spondylitis (Pott's Disease) in Iran, Evaluation of 40 Cases

Because of increased incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in recent years, infective spondylitis is still a major problem in the world. Symptoms of spinal TB are often nonspecific, and clinicians should be aware of this entity. Patients and In this study, epidemiologic aspects, clinical manifestations, laboratory tests and radiologic studies of cases with documented tuberculosis spondylitis in Loghman Hospital were evaluated. Of our patients, 25 (62.5%) were men and 15 (37.5%) were women. The oldest was 77 and the youngest was 17 years old. Average of age was 47 years. Involved vertebras were as follow: cervical 10%, thoracic 37.5%, thoracolumbar 27.5% and lumbar 25%. Accompanying diseases were pulmonary TB (72%), TB