title: Spinal cord compression due to Brucella granuloma.
abstract: Central Nervous System (CNS) involvement during the course of Brucella infection is a rare clinical condition. In this article, a patient with a progressive paraparesis syndrome with spasticity, who was treated by medical methods and surgical intervention is analysed. This patient suffered from spinal cord compression in the thoracal region caused by a Brucella granuloma. The patient had no evidence of systemic Brucella infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ceviker
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baykaner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Göksel
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sener
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alp
mesh_terms: D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*; D014421:Turkey