Affiliations: [a] Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey | [b] Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey | [c] Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey | [d] Department of Radiology, School of Radiology, Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey | [e] Department of Histology and Embriyology, School of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey
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Address for correspondence: Kemal Nas, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dicle University Medical School, Diyarbakir, Turkey. Tel./Fax: +90 412 2488579; E-mail: knas@dicle.edu.tr
Abstract: We have presented a patient with brucellar spondylodiscitis who developed paraparezi secondary to spinal cord compression, and responded well to the medical treatment A 55 year-old male farmer presented with a 7-day history headache, urinary retention, weakness in his lower extremities and a 3-month history of back pain. Blood brucella Wright antibody titer was 1/160 and Rose Bengal test was positive. Our case did not need a surgical intervention and gave a good response to medical treatment and rehabilitation. Thus, we suggest that in cases with brucella spondylitis, medical treatment should be considered at first, even in cases with spinal cord compression due to prevertebral abscess.
Keywords: Brucellar spondylodiscitis, medical treatment, medullar compression, rehabilitation
