* Blood tests :– Complete blood count: leukocytosis :– Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate: >100 mm/h * Tuberculin skin test :– Tuberculin skin test (purified protein derivative PPD) results are positive in 84–95% of patients with<unk>  who are not infected with HIV. A girl from Oklahoma, who has been affected by bone tuberculosis, 1935 * Radiographs of the spine :– Radiographic changes associated with<unk>  present relatively late. These radiographic changes are characteristic of spinal tuberculosis on plain radiography: :# Lytic destruction of anterior portion of vertebral body :# Increased anterior wedging :# Collapse of vertebral body :# Reactive sclerosis on a progressive lytic process :# Enlarged psoas shadow with or without calcification :– Additional radiographic findings may include: :# Vertebral end plates are osteoporotic. :# Intervertebral disks may be shrunken or destroyed. :# Vertebral bodies show variable degrees of destruction. :# Fusiform paravertebral shadows suggest abscess formation. :# Bone lesions may occur at more than one level. * Bone scan * Computed tomography of the spine * Bone biopsy * MRI
Pott disease
Fox–Fordyce disease
Degos disease
Kyrle disease
Ollier disease
Greig cephalopolysyndactyly syndrome
Salla disease
Gunther disease