Abstract
Currently osteoarticular tuberculosis [5, 8, 10] remains the most frequently observed extrapulmonary form of tuberculosis [10]. The spine is involved in 50 to 60% of the cases of osteoarticular tuberculosis, most commonly of the dorsolumbar level [2, 3]. Cervical Pott’s disease is an uncommon localization (1–10% of the cases with spinal involvement) and its appearance in the suboccipital region is even rarer (0–4.8%), although its consequences are much more serious [1, 4, 6, 12].
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Ramon, D.R., Sanjuan, A., Fernandez de Retana, P., Garcia, S., Segur, J.M. (1989). Suboccipital Pott’s Disease — Report of Two Cases. In: Louis, R., Weidner, A. (eds) Cervical Spine II. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9055-5_25
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