Ramírez CAL, Facha GMT, Vivas BI, Corona CR, Vázquez LJ, Martínez LM

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 33-36
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ABSTRACT

A twelve year old female patient complains of low back pain, paresthesias and fever for the past six months. Her family history was relevant for pulmonary tuberculosis in her grandmother. Twenty days before admission she presented liquid leak from a 3 cm abscess in the spine at the level of T12-L1, she also had diminished muscular strength in the right leg, pain and difficulty walking.

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