JOURNAL OF THE PAKISTAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, vol.70, no.7, pp.1275-1278, 2020 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
Abstract
Human brucellosis is a common zoonotic infectious
disease in the world. Spinal epidural abscess
development in brucellosis is a rare but serious
complication. We aimed to discuss the clinical,
radiological and serological findings of the spinal stenosis
caused by epidural and paraspinal abscess due to brucella
infection. Treatment of the abscess usually consists of
surgical drainage, decompression and antibiotherapy. In
our case, since the Brucellar spinal epidural abscess was
diagnosed in the early period, it was improved with
medical treatment without any surgical intervention. In
the early diagnosis of the disease, serology and culture as
well as magnetic resonance imaging are extremely
importan