Pathophysiology of Pott’s Disease

Present
Pulmonary Poor-socio economic HIV Immunosupression Malnutrition
Tuberculosis conditions Trauma
infection

Presence of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis in the bloodstream

Invasion of anterior
vertebral body

Infection in the two

adjacent vertebras

Vertebral collapse

Gibbus Formation

Psoas Abscess Pain and Tenderness

on the back

Calcification of the Narrowing of spinal canal

granulmatous tuberculous due to abscesses,
tissue granulation tissue, or direct
dural invasion

Bony ankylosis of the

collapsed vertebrae Neurologic defects Spinal compression

Paraplegia
 Lesion formation

Spread of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis

Extrapulmonary
Tuberculosis

Death