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Neurobrucellosis with intramedullary spinal cord involvement: A case report.
Iran J Neurol
July 2018
Department of Infectious Diseases, Vali-e-Asr Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
A extremely rare case of cervical intramedullary granuloma due to Brucella accompanied by Chiari Type-1 malformation.
Asian J Neurosurg
February 2015
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey.
Chiari Type-1 malformation is displacement of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum into the cervical spine and usually does not exceed the level of C2. It is 50-70% associated with syringomyelia. Nervous system involvement due to brucellosis is called neurobrucellosis, and neurological involvement rate has been reported an average of 3-5%, ranging between 3% and 25% at different series.
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Med Sci Monit
December 2006
Department of Pediatrics, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Background: This report presents a child with spinal cord lesion with concomitant multiple brain abscesses caused by brucellosis.
Case Report: A 12-year-old boy was admitted with quadriplegia accompanied by back pain, headache, nausea, and incontinence which appeared six months before. MRI revealed multiple brain abscesses as well as spinal intramedullary lesions.
Cervical intramedullary granuloma of Brucella: a case report and review of the literature.
Eur Spine J
December 2007
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Dicle, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
The aim of this study was to present a unique case of intramedullary brucellar granuloma (IBG) and to discuss the diagnosis and management. To our knowledge, only one case of thoracic IBG has been reported previously, and our case is the first in cervical spine. A 35-year-old female patient was admitted with headache, pain and weakness in her four extremities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurobrucellosis presenting as an intra-medullary spinal cord abscess.
Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob
September 2005
Department of Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, KLES Hospital, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
Background: Of the diverse presentation of neurobrucellosis, intra-medullary spinal cord abscess is extremely rare. Only four other cases have been reported so far. We present a case of spinal cord intra-medullary abscess due to Brucella melitensis.
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