tuberculous spondylitis

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• spondylitis tuberculosa — tuberculous spondylitis spinal tuberculosis …   Medical dictionary

• spondylitis — spondylitic /spon dl it ik/, adj. /spon dl uy tis/, n. Pathol. inflammation of the vertebrae. [1840 50; < Gk spóndyl(os) vertebra, whorl, mussel + ITIS] * * * ▪ pathology       inflammation of one or more of the vertebrae. Spondylitis takes… …   Universalium

• spondylitis — Inflammation of one or more of the vertebrae. [spondyl + G. itis, inflammation] ankylosing s. arthritis of the spine, resembling rheumatoid arthritis, that may progress to bony ankylosis with lipping of vertebral margi …   Medical dictionary

• Spondylitis — Not to be confused with spondylosis. Spondylitis is an inflammation of a vertebra. Any disorder of the spinal column may be called spondylopathy, also. Pott s disease is tuberculous disease of the vertebrae marked by stiffness of the vertebral… …   Wikipedia

• Rust disease — tuberculous spondylitis of the cervical vertebrae …   Medical dictionary

• Pott disease — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|A|18|0|a|15, ICD10|M|49|0|m|45 ICD9 = ICD9|015.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D014399Pott disease is a presentation of extrapulmonary… …   Wikipedia

• Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …   Medical dictionary

• joint disease — Introduction       any of the diseases or injuries that affect human joints (joint). arthritis is no doubt the best known joint disease, but there are also many others. Diseases of the joints may be variously short lived or exceedingly chronic,… …   Universalium

• Abscess — A local accumulation of pus anywhere in the body. The following are some examples of abscesses: {{}}A skin abscess is better known as a common boil; A peritonsillar abscess is a persistent collection of pus behind the tonsils; and A perianal… …   Medical dictionary

• spine, curvature of the — ▪ pathology       any of a group of deviations of the normal spinal curvature, including scoliosis, lordosis, and kyphosis.       Scoliosis is a lateral, or sideways, deviation of the spine, or vertebral column. The condition usually includes two …   Universalium

• spinal tuberculosis — tuberculosis of spine skeletal tuberculosis of the vertebral column, with osteitis or caries of the vertebrae; characteristics include back stiffness, pain on motion, tenderness on pressure, prominence of certain vertebral spines, and… …   Medical dictionary