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There is no specific X-ray finding associated with Brucellosis. | |||
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There is no X-ray finding specific associated with Brucellosis, X-ray findings associated with focal localized involvement of Brucellosis include: | |||
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Revision as of 19:49, 6 January 2017
Overview
There is no specific X-ray finding associated with Brucellosis.
Brucellosis X-ray
There is no X-ray finding specific associated with Brucellosis, X-ray findings associated with focal localized involvement of Brucellosis include:
| Imaging studies of brucellosis include the following | ||
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| X ray | Chest X-ray |
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| Vertebrae | Anterior erosions of the superior end plate
Sclerosis of the entire vertebra. | |
| Joints | Septic arhtritic brucellosis can present lately with small pericapsular erosions, which may be visible on X ray | |
| CT scanning | Only specific finding the may be used to distinguish brucellosis from other diseases is Localized snowflake calcification in chronic hepatosplenic brucellosis | |
| MRI, plain radiographs, radionuclide bone scintigraphy, and joint sonography | ||
References
- ↑ FAO/WHO/OIE Brucellosis in humans and animals. WHO (2006). http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/Brucellosis.pdf Accessed on February 3, 2016