[Regressive leukoencephalopathy in chronic brucellosis]
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A Metadata Extraction Approach for Clinical Case Reports to Enable Advanced Understanding of Biomedical Concepts
Published on: September 20, 2018
P Krystkowiak1, P Vermersch, G Beaucaire
1Clinique Neurologique, CHRU de Lille.
Abstract:
A 59 year-old-man had ataxia and hemiparesis of progressive onset which resolved in a few weeks. CT scan and magnetic resonance imaging showed white matter multiple lesions. The cerebrospinal fluid was consistent with an inflammatory disease. The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis was evoked. However, the patient had chronic brucellosis and serological rates increased and decreased according to the clinical and radiological signs. Thus, encephalitis caused by brucellosis was evoked. The mechanism is assumed to be a demyelinating process caused by a deep focus reactivation.
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