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Tuberculosis of the spine in an Egyptian mummy  Pott's disease
or Pott disease is a presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis
whereby disease is seen in the spinal vertebrae.[1]
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis can affect the spine, a kind of
tuberculous arthritis of the intervertebral joints. It is named
after Percivall Pott (1714–1788), a British surgeon. The lower
thoracic and upper lumbar vertebrae are the areas of the spine
most often affected. Scientifically, it is called tuberculous
spondylitis and it is most commonly localized in the thoracic
portion of the spine. Pott’s disease results from haematogenous
spread of tuberculosis from other sites, often pulmonary. The
infection then spreads from two adjacent vertebrae into the
adjoining intervertebral disc space