Official Journal of the Albanian Society of Internal Medicine

ISSN 3007-6692

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DISSEMINATED TUBERCULOSIS (POTT'S DISEASE AND BILATERAL TUBERCULOUS PLEURAL EFFUSION) ASSOCIATED WITH PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM

Background. Spinal tuberculosis, also known as Pott’s disease, is diagnosed generally based on clinical and radiographic signs. There are rare reports of the association of Pott’s disease with Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) worldwide.