A brucellosis case presenting with mass formation suggestive for tumor in soft tissue.
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.
Karsen
Hasan
H
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey.
Akdeniz
Hayrettin
H
Irmak
Hasan
H
Buzgan
Turan
T
Karahocagil
M Kasm
MK
Kocak
Zeliha
Z
Sünnetçioğlu
Mahmut
M
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D004318:Doxycycline; D012293:Rifampin