Traction mid-esophageal diverticulum associated with Pott's spinal caries.

Abstract

A 71-year-old man was admitted to Teikyo University Hospital with paraplegia, subileus, back pain and high fever. He gave a history of having received treatment for spinal caries 20 years previously. Chest computed tomography and esophageal endoscopy demonstrated evidence of spinal caries and traction mid-esophageal diverticulum associated with kyphosis of the spine. The present report describes the extremely rare case of diverticula associated with kyphosis of the spine caused by spinal caries (Pott's spinal caries).

• Authors: Yoshifumi Ikeda
• Journal: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (Dig Endosc) Vol. 22 Issue 2 Pg. 158-9 (Apr 2010) ISSN: 1443-1661 [Electronic] Australia
• PMID: 20447215 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Diverticulum, Esophageal (diagnostic imaging, etiology, pathology)
• Esophagoscopy
• Humans
• Kyphosis (complications, diagnostic imaging, pathology)
• Male
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Tuberculosis, Spinal (complications, diagnostic imaging, pathology)