title: A brucellosis case presenting with mass formation suggestive for tumor in soft tissue.
abstract: We report here a 70-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with brucellosis and presented with mass formation resembling a tumor. The mass was protuberant, 10 cm from the skin surface with a diameter of 15 cm, located at the inferior-lateral region of the left scapula. Brucella melitensis was yielded from culture of mass fluid. The patient responded to ceftriaxone, rifampin and doxycycline therapy and recovered without any sequela at the end of surgery and 3 months of medical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karsen
authors.forename: Hayrettin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akdeniz
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Irmak
authors.forename: Turan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Buzgan
authors.forename: M Kasm
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Karahocagil
authors.forename: Zeliha
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kocak
authors.forename: Mahmut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sünnetçioğlu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012540:Scapula; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D004318:Doxycycline; D012293:Rifampin