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Partial destruction of the vertebral bones, usually caused by a tuberculous infection and often producing curvature of the spine.

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Pott disease is caused by infection of the spinal column, or vertebral column, by the tuberculosis bacillius, mycobacterium tuberculosis. Potts disease is characerized by the softening and collaspe of the vertebrae, often resulting in a hunchback curvature of the spine.

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