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There is no specific CT Scan finding | There is no specific CT Scan finding associated with Brucellosis, but localized snowfield calcification in chronic hepatosplenic brucellosis, can be used to distinguish brucellosis from other diseases.<ref name="pmid26163342">{{cite journal| author=Torres US, Cardoso LV, D'Ippolito G| title=A pathognomonic calcification pattern in chronic splenic brucellosis. | journal=Braz J Infect Dis | year= 2015 | volume= 19 | issue= 6 | pages= 664-5 | pmid=26163342 | doi=10.1016/j.bjid.2015.06.003 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26163342 }}</ref> CT scan can also help in diagnosing the focal organ infections or involvement . | ||
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Revision as of 19:09, 11 January 2017
Overview
There is no specific CT scan finding associated with Brucellosis.
Brucellosis CT Scan
There is no specific CT Scan finding associated with Brucellosis, but localized snowfield calcification in chronic hepatosplenic brucellosis, can be used to distinguish brucellosis from other diseases.[1] CT scan can also help in diagnosing the focal organ infections or involvement .
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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.