A Report of Two Cases of Mylopathy Due to Brucellosis

Brucellosis is relatively prevalent in undeveloped countries. Meningitis is one of the most common complications of neurobrucelloss but mylopathy is very rare. We report here two cases of brucellosis mylopathy that they referred to department of neurology in Hamadan Sina hospital in 1999 with weakne...

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Main Author: Ali Akbar Rezaei
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Hamadan University of Medical Sciences 2001-09-01
Series:پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا
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Online Access:http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-881-en.html
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Summary:Brucellosis is relatively prevalent in undeveloped countries. Meningitis is one of the most common complications of neurobrucelloss but mylopathy is very rare. We report here two cases of brucellosis mylopathy that they referred to department of neurology in Hamadan Sina hospital in 1999 with weakness of lower extremity , difficulty in gait and urine incontinancy.           Although various differential diagnosis were suspected for them but the diagnosis of brucellosis  mylopathy for both was established by accompanying signs and symptoms and paraclinic examination.
ISSN:2588-722X
2588-7238