A rare cause of "foot drop": Spinal epidural brucella granuloma: Case report

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-259

  Kökeş, Fatih ^a   Aciduman, Ahmet ^a   Günaydin, Ahmet ^a   Kinikli, Sami ^b  

^a Etlik Ihtisas Research and Education Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Foot drop; Spinal epidural abscess; Spinal epidural granuloma

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 37749053697     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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