Noncontiguous multifocal spondylitis: an exceptional presentation of spinal brucellosis.
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.
Bouaziz
Mouna Chelli
MC
Service de Radiologie, Institut KASSAB d'orthopédie, Ksar Said 2010 Tunisie.
Bougamra
Iheb
I
Kaffel
Dhia
D
Hamdi
Wafa
W
Ghannouchi
Mehdi
M
Kchir
Mohamed Montacer
MM
D000368:Aged; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013131:Spine / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*