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Brucella Abscess and Granuloma of the Brain

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A thorough search of the literature reveals a total of 21 cases of brain Brucella abscess and brucelloma. In this chapter, these were reviewed and tabulated and their incidence, the ways of brain invasion, and their distribution as to sex, age, lateralization, localization, multiplicity, size, signs and symptoms, laboratory findings, and pathology were discussed.

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Abbreviations

ESR:

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

CNS:

Central nervous system

CSF:

Cerebrospinal fluid

CT:

Computed tomography

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

STA:

Serum tube agglutination

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    Fuad Sami Haddad MD, FACS, FRCS, ABNS

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydin, Turkey

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  2. Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

    Fuad Sami Haddad

  3. School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II School of Medicine and Surgery, Naples, Italy

    Oreste de Divitiis

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Haddad, F.S. (2016). Brucella Abscess and Granuloma of the Brain. In: Turgut, M., Haddad, F., de Divitiis, O. (eds) Neurobrucellosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24639-0_7

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