An atypical case of neurobrucellosis: intracranial mass lesion mimicking tuberculosis clinically and on imaging
Brucellosis is the most common bacterial zoonosis and it causes approx half million human infections per year worldwide. Neurobrucelosis should be considered as possible differential diagnosis when a patient presents with symptomps of neruropasychiatric spectrum and fever. We report a case of neurob...
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| author | Parikh Tirth Vinaykumar Vaibhavi P Patel Akshay Sharma Bhupendra Singh |
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| description | Brucellosis is the most common bacterial zoonosis and it causes approx half million human infections per year worldwide. Neurobrucelosis should be considered as possible differential diagnosis when a patient presents with symptomps of neruropasychiatric spectrum and fever. We report a case of neurobrucellosis in a patient who presented with headache, vomiting and an episode of generalized tonic clonic seizure.
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| spelling | doaj.art-aecfef4c80d04bc698af61f45edfce7f2024-01-31T16:25:16ZengNational Board of ExaminationsNational Board of Examinations Journal of Medical Sciences2583-75242024-02-01Volume 2214114610.61770/NBEJMS.2023.v02.i02.008An atypical case of neurobrucellosis: intracranial mass lesion mimicking tuberculosis clinically and on imagingParikh Tirth Vinaykumar0Vaibhavi P Patel1Akshay Sharma2Bhupendra Singh3DNB Resident, Apollo Hospitals International Limited, Plot No – 1A, Bhat, GIDC, Gandhinagar, Gujarat – 382428DNB Resident, Apollo Hospitals International Limited, Plot No – 1A, Bhat, GIDC, Gandhinagar, Gujarat – 382428DNB Resident, Apollo Hospitals International Limited, Plot No – 1A, Bhat, GIDC, Gandhinagar, Gujarat – 382428DNB Resident, Apollo Hospitals International Limited, Plot No – 1A, Bhat, GIDC, Gandhinagar, Gujarat – 382428Brucellosis is the most common bacterial zoonosis and it causes approx half million human infections per year worldwide. Neurobrucelosis should be considered as possible differential diagnosis when a patient presents with symptomps of neruropasychiatric spectrum and fever. We report a case of neurobrucellosis in a patient who presented with headache, vomiting and an episode of generalized tonic clonic seizure. https://natboard.edu.in/ejournal/articledtl?x=TDN4emo5NmRNb2RLSSs5STg5clpzUT09brucellaneurobrucellosiszoonosis |
| spellingShingle | Parikh Tirth Vinaykumar Vaibhavi P Patel Akshay Sharma Bhupendra Singh An atypical case of neurobrucellosis: intracranial mass lesion mimicking tuberculosis clinically and on imaging National Board of Examinations Journal of Medical Sciences brucella neurobrucellosis zoonosis |
| title | An atypical case of neurobrucellosis: intracranial mass lesion mimicking tuberculosis clinically and on imaging |
| title_full | An atypical case of neurobrucellosis: intracranial mass lesion mimicking tuberculosis clinically and on imaging |
| title_fullStr | An atypical case of neurobrucellosis: intracranial mass lesion mimicking tuberculosis clinically and on imaging |
| title_full_unstemmed | An atypical case of neurobrucellosis: intracranial mass lesion mimicking tuberculosis clinically and on imaging |
| title_short | An atypical case of neurobrucellosis: intracranial mass lesion mimicking tuberculosis clinically and on imaging |
| title_sort | atypical case of neurobrucellosis intracranial mass lesion mimicking tuberculosis clinically and on imaging |
| topic | brucella neurobrucellosis zoonosis |
| url | https://natboard.edu.in/ejournal/articledtl?x=TDN4emo5NmRNb2RLSSs5STg5clpzUT09 |
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