Spinal cord compression due to Brucella granuloma

Infection. 1989 Sep-Oct;17(5):304-5. doi: 10.1007/BF01650713.

Abstract

Central Nervous System (CNS) involvement during the course of Brucella infection is a rare clinical condition. In this article, a patient with a progressive paraparesis syndrome with spasticity, who was treated by medical methods and surgical intervention is analysed. This patient suffered from spinal cord compression in the thoracal region caused by a Brucella granuloma. The patient had no evidence of systemic Brucella infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brucellosis / complications*
  • Brucellosis / diagnosis
  • Brucellosis / surgery
  • Granuloma / complications*
  • Granuloma / diagnosis
  • Granuloma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Laminectomy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Spinal Cord Compression / etiology*
  • Turkey