Unusual case of occult Brucella osteomyelitis in the skull detected by bone scintigraphy

Myung Hee Sohn; Seok Tae Lim; Young Jin Jeong; Dong Wook Kim; Hwan Jeong Jeong; Chang Seob Lee

doi:10.1007/s13139-010-0023-2

Unusual case of occult Brucella osteomyelitis in the skull detected by bone scintigraphy

Myung Hee Sohn^*
, Seok Tae Lim
, Young Jin Jeong
, Dong Wook Kim
, Hwan Jeong Jeong
, Chang Seob Lee

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Medicine

Jeonbuk National University

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Abstract

Brucellosis is a worldwide infectious disease of animals that can be transmitted to humans. Osteoarticular involvement is the most common complication of brucellosis. A 47-year-old man, who was a stockbreeder, complained of myalgia with fever and chills for 2 weeks. The serology titers and blood cultures for brucellosis were positive. Bone scintigraphy demonstrated a focally increased uptake in the left supraorbital area. Plain radiographs showed an osteolytic lesion, and an MRI revealed signal abnormalities in the corresponding site. We present an unususal case of occult Brucella osteomyelitis in the frontal bone of the skull detected by bone scintigraphy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	161-163
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Volume	44
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-010-0023-2
State	Published - 2010.06

Keywords

Bone scintigraphy
Brucellosis
Osteomyelitis
Tc-99m MDP

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Unusual case of occult Brucella osteomyelitis in the skull detected by bone scintigraphy

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