title: Noncontiguous multifocal spondylitis: an exceptional presentation of spinal brucellosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to describe the imaging features of multilevel brucellar spondylitis and discuss the diagnostic challenges
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors report describes one case of noncontiguous synchronous multifocal involvement of thoracic and lumbar spine.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Brucellosis is a zoonosis of worldwide distribution, relatively frequent in Mediterranean countries and in the Middle East that can involve many organs and tissues. The spine is the most common site of musculoskeletal involvement, but multilevel involvement is uncommon and only ten cases were reported in literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although it is an exceptional form, multifocal brucellar spondylitis is worth to be known to avoid diagnostic mistakes.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Institut KASSAB d'orthopédie, Ksar Said 2010 Tunisie.
authors.forename: Mouna Chelli
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bouaziz
authors.forename: Iheb
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bougamra
authors.forename: Dhia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kaffel
authors.forename: Wafa
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hamdi
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghannouchi
authors.forename: Mohamed Montacer
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kchir
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013131:Spine / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*