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Clin Neurol Neurosurg
; 108(4): 404-6, 2006 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16644407
ABSTRACT
We are reporting a case of neurobrucellosis that was clinically and radiologically indistinguishable from a cerebral tumor. The histological diagnosis was granulomatous encephalitis. The diagnosis was established by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), detecting high levels of Ig G and Ig M Brucella antibodies in the serum and the cerebrospinal fluid. We suggest that patients with granulomatous encephalitis, without a clear etiological agent, should be studied for Brucella.
Subject(s)
Brain Neoplasms/diagnosis , Brain/microbiology , Brucellosis/microbiology , Adult , Brain/pathology , Brain/surgery , Brucellosis/diagnosis , Brucellosis/surgery , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Neurosurgical Procedures/methods , Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Curr Probl Diagn Radiol
; 31(4): 134-45, 2002.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12362160