From a simple chronic headache to neurobrucellosis: a case report

Brucellosis is an infectious disease with high incidence in Iran. Neurobrucellosis is a focal complication of brucellosis affecting both central and peripheral nervous system presenting with a varieties of signs and symptoms. The most reported manifestations are meningitis and meningoencephalitis. I...

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Autores principales: Tajdini, Masih, Akbarloo, Sona, Hosseini, Seyed MohammadReza, Parvizi, Banafsheh, Baghani, Somaye, Aghamollaii, Vajiheh, Tafakhori, Abbas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4154277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25250257
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Sumario:Brucellosis is an infectious disease with high incidence in Iran. Neurobrucellosis is a focal complication of brucellosis affecting both central and peripheral nervous system presenting with a varieties of signs and symptoms. The most reported manifestations are meningitis and meningoencephalitis. In this report, we will describe a case of a young woman affected by neurobrucellosis presenting with chronic progressive headache and papilledema.

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