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Double Gibbus Due to Spinal Tuberculosis

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Description: Ahuja SR, Karande S, Thadhani AA. Double Gibbus Due to Spinal Tuberculosis. J Postgrad Med 2003;49:346-347
A 2-year-old girl presented with fever, anorexia and progressive spinal deformity for the past two months, and cough and breathlessness for the past two weeks. There was no apparent contact with a case of tuberculosis (TB). BCG scar was absent. Gibbus deformities were seen at the thoracic and lumbar regions

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Author/Contact: Ahuja et al
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