title: Brucellar spondylitis mimicking lumbar disc herniation. Case report.
abstract: In this paper, a patient with brucellar spondylitis who was initially diagnosed as having a lumbar disc herniation is presented. As the disc tissue enlarges in the early stages of discitis because of the inflammatory reaction, it may compress the related root(s) mimicking a disc herniation. For this reason infectious discitis, as in our case, should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of the radicular symptoms caused by a disc herniation. The crucial role of magnetic resonance imaging in making the differential diagnosis of the case is especially emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Marmara University Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kiliç
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozgen
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Pamir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed