Cervical spine epidural abscess caused by brucellosis: A case report and literature review

Misagh Shafizad; Saeid Ehteshami; Hamidreza Shojaei; Reza Jalili Khoshnoud

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5644

Cervical spine epidural abscess caused by brucellosis: A case report and literature review

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Mar 22;10(3):e05644. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5644. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Authors

Misagh Shafizad¹, Saeid Ehteshami¹, Hamidreza Shojaei¹, Reza Jalili Khoshnoud²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery Imam Khomeini Hospital Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Sari Mazandaran Iran.
² Department of Neurosurgery Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.

Abstract

We report a rare case of epidural abscess at the cervical 5-cervical 6 (C5-C6) levels. The patient underwent surgery with complete abscess removal through C6 vertebral body corpectomy. The result of bacteriological culture was Brucella melitensis. Brucellosis must be considered as a possible cause of epidural abscess in patients from endemic area.

Keywords: brucellosis; corpectomy; epidural abscess; spine.

Publication types

Case Reports