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View larger version (68K): [in this window] [in a new window]   A 17-year-old Ethiopian girl presented with a four-month history of fever, malaise, and weight loss, as well as head, neck, and back pain and a two-week history of dyspnea, odynophagia, and diarrhea. Chest radiography revealed bilateral multinodular pneumonia and pleural effusions; a tuberculin test was positive. The axial sections of a computed tomographic scan revealed a retropharyngeal abscess surrounding the left arch of the atlas and extending into the spinal canal. The dens axis was laterally subluxated (Panel A, arrow) as the result of a fracture of the left lateral atlas. In addition, magnetic resonance imaging revealed tuberculous spondylitis (Pott's . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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