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[[File:Brucellosis Spondylodiscitis-CT.png|center|thumb|Brucellosis Spondylodiscitis-CT, with arrows pointing at the discitis between L4-L5. ]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 14:55, 11 January 2017


Overview

There is no specific CT scan finding associated with Brucellosis.

Brucellosis CT Scan

There is no specific CT Scan finding asociated with Brucellosis, but localized snowfield calcification in chronic hepatosplenic brucellosis, can be used to distinguish brucellosis from other diseases.[1]

CT imaging finding of brucellosis
CT scan Localized snowflake calcification in chronic hepatosplenic brucellosis helps to distinguish brucellosis from other diseases
Brucellosis Spondylodiscitis-CT, with arrows pointing at the discitis between L4-L5.

References

  1. Torres US, Cardoso LV, D'Ippolito G (2015). "A pathognomonic calcification pattern in chronic splenic brucellosis". Braz J Infect Dis. 19 (6): 664–5. doi:10.1016/j.bjid.2015.06.003. PMID 26163342.