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Orthopaedics TB of the Spine 00cbbdd1

A 35-year-old lady with chronic backache. On X-ray she had a D12 collapse. But intervertebral disk space is maintained. All are possible except:

A
Multiple myeloma
B
Osteoporosis
C
Metastasis
D
Tuberculosis
High-Yield Explanation
(d)- Characteristic radiological feature of Pott's spine is obliteration of disk space with destruction of two adjacent vertebrae.- This feature differentiate TB spine from other diseases causing vertebral destruction (like metastasis) in which disk space is preserved.

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