Brucella-related cerebral aneurysms/subarachnoidal hemorrhage: a short review featuring a case report.
Brucellosis is a multisystem disease that may present with a large spectrum of clinical manifestations. Only five cases of intracranial aneurysm formation and/or subarachnoidal hemorrhage associated with brucellosis have been reported. In this paper, we take the opportunity to review these reports and present a new case of basilar artery aneurysm and subarachnoidal hemorrhage due to brucellosis.
Kaya
Serdar
S
Department of Neurosurgery, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. serdarockk@yahoo.com
Velioglu
Murat
M
Colak
Ahmet
A
Kutlay
Murat
M
Demircan
Mehmet Nusret
MN
Tekin
Tamer
T
Cetinkal
Ahmet
A
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D004318:Doxycycline; D012293:Rifampin