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Case Reports
. 2008 Oct;44(4):277-9.
doi: 10.3340/jkns.2008.44.4.277. Epub 2008 Oct 30.

Brucellar spondylitis

Hong Jae Lee  1 , Jin Woo Hur, Jong Won Lee, Sang Rok Lee
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Case Reports

Brucellar spondylitis

Hong Jae Lee et al. J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2008 Oct.

Abstract

The incidence of Brucellosis is increasing in Korea. Spondylitis is the most frequent complication, but it is difficult to diagnose because its clinical symptoms are non-specific. It should therefore be included in the differential diagnosis of back pain. We report three rare cases of brucellar spondylitis successfully treated by medical and surgical therapy.

Keywords: Brucellosis; Spondylitis.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Magnetic resonance images of the lumbar spine showing strong enhancement in the L3, L4 vertebral body (A). Prevertebral and epidural soft tissue masses in the L3, L4 levels are showing on T1-enhanced images (A and B).
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Fig. 2
Magnetic resonance images of the lumbar spine showing patchy enhancement in the T12, L1 vertebral body (A). Epidural thick enhancing lesion in the T12 level is showing on T1-enhance images (B).
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Fig. 3
Magnetic resonance images of the cervical spine showing signal changes in the C5, 6 vertebral body (A). An epidural soft tissue mass is showing on axial scan (B).
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