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| Year : 2003 | Volume
: 51
| Issue : 1 | Page : 87--88 |
Gluteal abscess: A manifestation of Pott’s spine
R Kumar1, A Chandra2
1 Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow-226014, India
2 Department of Neurosurgery, King George’s Medical College, Lucknow-226014, India
Correspondence Address:
R Kumar
Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow-226014
India
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PMID: 12865530 
A 3-year-old girl presented with features suggestive of compression of cauda equina. In addition, she had soft, fluctuant gluteal swelling, which on aspiration yielded pus, positive for acid-fast bacilli on staining and culture. She showed significant clinicoradiological improvement following aspiration of pus and antitubercular treatment. Rare manifestations of cold abscess in the spine are discussed.
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