Spine TB Flashcards
1
Q
Epidemiology
A
- immunocompromised (steroid, ivdu, dm)
2. thoracic, thoracolumbar
2
Q
route
A
- haematogenous (vertebral decay, collapse, kyphosis, spinal cord compression
- anterior (high blood supply)
3
Q
Clinical features
A
pain (thoracic, thoracolumbar) tb symptoms kyphosis paraplegia cold abscess
4
Q
ix
A
fbc
tb workup
5
Q
xray
A
skip lesion?
6
Q
mx
A
pharmaco - 4IRPE surgical - decompressiom - fixation - laminectomy
7
Q
Risk Factor
A
- TB contact
- Immunocompromised
- DM
- Steroid
- IVDU