Aycicek Abdullah, Eser Olcay, Sezer Murat, Degirmenci Bumin
Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey.
Am J Otolaryngol. 2009 Sep-Oct;30(5):350-2. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.06.016. Epub 2009 Mar 6.
Tuberculous osteomyelitis of the spine is most commonly seen in lower thoracic and lumbar vertebrae. Cervical spine tuberculosis is a very rare condition, and it represents a very small part of all patients with Pott's disease. We present a case with thoraco-cervical Pott's disease, with left-sided neck mass and left arm and hand weakness and numbness. The patient had a paraspinal abscess under the sternocleidomastoid muscle that was compressing the brachial plexus.
脊柱结核性骨髓炎最常见于下胸椎和腰椎。颈椎结核是一种非常罕见的疾病，在所有脊柱结核患者中所占比例极小。我们报告一例胸颈段脊柱结核病例，患者有左侧颈部肿块，伴有左侧手臂和手部无力及麻木。患者胸锁乳突肌下方有椎旁脓肿，压迫臂丛神经。
