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Severe airway obstruction in a child with Pott's disease.

Ochoa TJ, Rojas R, Gutierrez M, Porturas D

Department of Pediatrics, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú. Theresa.J.Ochoa@uth.tmc.edu

Airway obstruction associated with Pott's disease is rare. We present a case of severe airway obstruction caused by an extensive paravertebral mediastinal abscess in a 3-year-old boy with tuberculosis of the thoracic spine.

Published 28 June 2006 in Pediatr Infect Dis J, 25(7): 649-51.
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