Long-standing, neglected sacroiliitis with remarked sacro-iliac degenerative changes as a result of Brucella spp. infection
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Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Human Brucellar Spondylodiscitis
Published on: May 23, 2021
Lior Dayan1, Sergei Deyev, Lucio Palma
1Orthopedic Surgery Department, Haemek Medical Center, Afula, Israel. l_dayan@rambam.health.gov.il
Background:
Osteoarticular disease is universally the most common complication of brucellosis. Sacro-iliac joint (SIJ) is the most frequent osteoarticular location of involvement. Sacroiliitis (SI) usually is associated with acute form of the disease, thus frank SIJ destruction caused by brucellosis is rare.
Purpose:
To report the case of a patient suffering from severe, prolonged lumbar pain with sciatica, refractory to medical treatment, in which the correct and misdiagnosed cause of her pain was a long-standing, neglected brucellar SI.
Study Design:
Case report.
Methods:
Scintigraphy and imaging methods (computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging).
Results:
The result of the delayed diagnosis was a pronounced degeneration of the SIJ.
Conclusions:
Sacroiliitis as a result of infection with Brucella might cause severe joint degeneration if left untreated.
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