Introduction And Importance: Tuberculosis (TB) primarily affects the lungs, but can cause extrapulmonary TB (EPTB), including spinal TB (Pott's disease), which presents with variable symptoms. Tuberculous psoas abscesses, a complication of Pott's disease, are increasingly reported due to improved diagnostics.
Case Presentation: A 32-year-old male from the Somalia region of Ethiopia presented with a history of chronic lower back pain that had worsened over the preceding month, with lower back swelling, unquantified weight loss, and a slight limp.
Int J Surg Case Rep
February 2025
Introduction And Importance: Tuberculosis (TB), a common chronic infectious disease, affected approximately 10.6 million people worldwide in 2021. While TB can affect the lungs (pulmonary TB) or other parts of the body, extrapulmonary TB, genital TB is a rare form of extrapulmonary TB.
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