title: From a simple chronic headache to neurobrucellosis: a case report.
abstract: Brucellosis is an infectious disease with high incidence in Iran. Neurobrucellosis is a focal complication of brucellosis affecting both central and peripheral nervous system presenting with a varieties of signs and symptoms. The most reported manifestations are meningitis and meningoencephalitis. In this report, we will describe a case of a young woman affected by neurobrucellosis presenting with chronic progressive headache and papilledema.
authors.affiliation: 1. Medical student, Iranian Center Of Neurological Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. drmasih84@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Masih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tajdini
authors.affiliation: 2. Medical student, Iranian Center Of Neurological Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. sona_akb@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Sona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akbarloo
authors.affiliation: 3. Medical student, Iranian Center Of Neurological Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. hosseini.smreza@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Seyed MohammadReza
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hosseini
authors.affiliation: 4. Neurology resident, Iranian Center Of Neurological Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. b.parvizi90@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Banafsheh
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Parvizi
authors.affiliation: 5. Neurology resident, Iranian Center Of Neurological Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. somaye.baghani@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Somaye
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baghani
authors.affiliation: 6. Neurologist, Iranian Center Of Neurological Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Ruzbeh hospital, Tehran, Iran. vajiheh102@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Vajiheh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Aghamollaii
authors.affiliation: 7. Assistant Professor of Neurology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Iranian Center of Neurological Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. a_tafakhori@sina.tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tafakhori
keywords: Brucellosis; Headache; Papilledema