Cervical spine epidural abscess caused by brucellosis: A case report and literature review
Abstract We report a rare case of epidural abscess at the cervical 5‐cervical 6 (C5–C6) levels. The patient underwent surgery with complete abscess removal through C6 vertebral body corpectomy. The result of bacteriological culture was Brucella melitensis. Brucellosis must be considered as a possibl...
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| author | Misagh Shafizad Saeid Ehteshami Hamidreza Shojaei Reza Jalili Khoshnoud |
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| description | Abstract We report a rare case of epidural abscess at the cervical 5‐cervical 6 (C5–C6) levels. The patient underwent surgery with complete abscess removal through C6 vertebral body corpectomy. The result of bacteriological culture was Brucella melitensis. Brucellosis must be considered as a possible cause of epidural abscess in patients from endemic area. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bb17eaf7097644418d357148e7d3c3342022-12-21T21:18:49ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042022-03-01103n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.5644Cervical spine epidural abscess caused by brucellosis: A case report and literature reviewMisagh Shafizad0Saeid Ehteshami1Hamidreza Shojaei2Reza Jalili Khoshnoud3Department of Neurosurgery Imam Khomeini Hospital Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Sari Mazandaran IranDepartment of Neurosurgery Imam Khomeini Hospital Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Sari Mazandaran IranDepartment of Neurosurgery Imam Khomeini Hospital Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Sari Mazandaran IranDepartment of Neurosurgery Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran IranAbstract We report a rare case of epidural abscess at the cervical 5‐cervical 6 (C5–C6) levels. The patient underwent surgery with complete abscess removal through C6 vertebral body corpectomy. The result of bacteriological culture was Brucella melitensis. Brucellosis must be considered as a possible cause of epidural abscess in patients from endemic area.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5644brucellosiscorpectomyepidural abscessspine |
| spellingShingle | Misagh Shafizad Saeid Ehteshami Hamidreza Shojaei Reza Jalili Khoshnoud Cervical spine epidural abscess caused by brucellosis: A case report and literature review Clinical Case Reports brucellosis corpectomy epidural abscess spine |
| title | Cervical spine epidural abscess caused by brucellosis: A case report and literature review |
| title_full | Cervical spine epidural abscess caused by brucellosis: A case report and literature review |
| title_fullStr | Cervical spine epidural abscess caused by brucellosis: A case report and literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cervical spine epidural abscess caused by brucellosis: A case report and literature review |
| title_short | Cervical spine epidural abscess caused by brucellosis: A case report and literature review |
| title_sort | cervical spine epidural abscess caused by brucellosis a case report and literature review |
| topic | brucellosis corpectomy epidural abscess spine |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5644 |
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