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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Danitza Lukac
Overview
Spine x-ray, CT o MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of focal brucellosis infection. Findings of Pedro Pons sign can be suggestive of brucellic spondylitis.[1]
Other diagnostic studies
Spine x-ray, CT, MRI and scintigraphy may be helpful in the diagnosis of focal brucellosis infection, such as:[1][2]
- Brucellic spondylitis:
- Pedro Pons sign:
- Preferential erosion of the anterosuperior corner of lumbar vertebrae
- Osteophytosis
- Pedro Pons sign:
- Sacroiliitis
- Bursitis
- Osteomyelitis
- Meningitis
Reference
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pourbagher A, Pourbagher MA, Savas L, Turunc T, Demiroglu YZ, Erol I; et al. (2006). "Epidemiologic, clinical, and imaging findings in brucellosis patients with osteoarticular involvement". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 187 (4): 873–80. doi:10.2214/AJR.05.1088. PMID 16985128.
- ↑ FAO/WHO/OIE Brucellosis in humans and animals. WHO (2006). http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/Brucellosis.pdf Accessed on February 3, 2016