SPINAL TUBERCULOSIS IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA

Abstract

1. In Nigeria, among the sites affected by tuberculosis of bones and joints there is especial frequency in the lumbo-thoracic junction from the tenth thoracic to the fourth lumbar vertebrae. 2. Outstanding in the pattern of the disease in adults is a tendency in certain patients to ossification of the spinal ligaments. 3. An ambulatory out-patient régime is described. So far it has promised well.