Brucellar spondylodiscitis: noncontiguous multifocal involvement of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine
| Autor: | Georgios Grollios, Apostolos H. Karantanas, Maria Raptopoulou-Gigi, Amalia Raptopoulou, Alexandros Garyfallos, Kiriakos Poumboulidis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Spondylodiscitis Male medicine.medical_specialty Axial skeleton Discitis Radiography Brucellosis Thoracic Vertebrae Lumbar Rare Diseases medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radionuclide Imaging Spondylitis Aged Lumbar Vertebrae Neck Pain medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spine Surgery Anti-Bacterial Agents medicine.anatomical_structure Treatment Outcome Cervical Vertebrae business Low Back Pain Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Clinical imaging. 30(3) |
| ISSN: | 0899-7071 |
| Popis: | Brucellosis is a zoonosis of worldwide distribution presenting with a wide clinical spectrum. Brucellosis can involve any organ or system. The axial skeleton is the most common site of involvement with a frequency ranging from 2% to 53%. Multiple-level spinal involvements are rare. This report describes the first case of noncontiguous synchronous multifocal involvement of all cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions in a patient with brucellar spondylodiscitis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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