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01-11-2005 | Clinical Image
Significant airway compromise in a child with a posterior mediastinal mass due to tuberculous spondylitis
Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 11/2005
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An 11-year-old boy presented with gradual-onset paresis and painless scoliosis. CT and MRI demonstrated contiguous thoracic vertebral and disc destruction with a large prevertebral soft-tissue mass that demonstrated an enhancing wall. The trachea was compressed (>50%) between the soft-tissue mass and the great vessels (Figs. 1 and 2). The patient had no clinical features of acute airway compromise. The diagnosis of tuberculous spondylitis with significant airway compression was made.
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