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| colspan="2" |[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867015001245 Localized snowflake calcification] in chronic hepatosplenic brucellosis helps to distinguish brucellosis from other diseases | | colspan="2" |[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867015001245 Localized snowflake calcification] in chronic hepatosplenic brucellosis helps to distinguish brucellosis from other diseases | ||
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[[File:Brucellosis Spondylodiscitis-CT.png|center|thumb|Brucellosis Spondylodiscitis-CT, with arrows pointing at the discitis between L4-L5. ]] | |||
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Revision as of 14:55, 11 January 2017
Overview
There is no specific CT scan finding associated with Brucellosis.
Brucellosis CT Scan
There is no specific CT Scan finding asociated with Brucellosis, but localized snowfield calcification in chronic hepatosplenic brucellosis, can be used to distinguish brucellosis from other diseases.[1]
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| CT scan | Localized snowflake calcification in chronic hepatosplenic brucellosis helps to distinguish brucellosis from other diseases | |
References
- ↑ Torres US, Cardoso LV, D'Ippolito G (2015). "A pathognomonic calcification pattern in chronic splenic brucellosis". Braz J Infect Dis. 19 (6): 664–5. doi:10.1016/j.bjid.2015.06.003. PMID 26163342.