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RODRIGUEZ MONTERO, Enri; TELLEZ GAMAYO, Gerardo  e  FLORES BOLIVAR, Fátima. Advanced vertebral tuberculosis in an adolescent. MEDISAN [online]. 2020, vol.24, n.1, pp. 117-125.  Epub 18-Fev-2020. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of an 18 years patient, HIV seropositive is described. He was assisted at Luena Provincial Hospital, angolan province of Moxico due to a lumbar pain. A computerized axial tomography was carried out, which showed great vertebral destruction and bilateral paravertebral collections. The patient maintained an unfavorable clinical course and died 20 days after the diagnosis.

Palavras-chave : tuberculosis; Pott´s desease; vertebral tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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