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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

X Ray

• Radiographs of the spine:

Radiographic changes associated with Pott's disease present relatively late. The following are radiographic changes characteristic of spinal tuberculosis on plain radiography:

• • Lytic destruction of anterior portion of vertebral body
  • Increased anterior wedging
  • Collapse of vertebral body
  • Reactive sclerosis on a progressive lytic process
  • Enlarged psoas shadow with or without calcification
  • Osteoporotic vertebral end plates
  • Shrunk or destroyed intervertebral disks
  • Fusiform paravertebral shadows suggestive of abscess formation
  • Bone lesions may occur at more than one level.