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Brucella-related cerebral aneurysms/subarachnoidal hemorrhage: a short review featuring a case report

Neurosurgical Review volume 31, Article number: 337 (2008) Cite this article

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Brucellosis is a multisystem disease that may present with a large spectrum of clinical manifestations. Only five cases of intracranial aneurysm formation and/or subarachnoidal hemorrhage associated with brucellosis have been reported. In this paper, we take the opportunity to review these reports and present a new case of basilar artery aneurysm and subarachnoidal hemorrhage due to brucellosis.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Serdar Kaya, Ahmet Colak, Murat Kutlay, Mehmet Nusret Demircan, Tamer Tekin & Ahmet Cetinkal

  2. Department of Radiology, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Murat Velioglu

  3. GATA Haydarpasa Egitim Hastanesi Norosirurji Servisi, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey

    Serdar Kaya

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Kaya, S., Velioglu, M., Colak, A. et al. Brucella-related cerebral aneurysms/subarachnoidal hemorrhage: a short review featuring a case report. Neurosurg Rev 31, 337 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-008-0136-6

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Keywords

  • Mycotic aneurysm
  • Neurobrucellosis
  • Subarachnoidal hemorrhage