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Unusual Case of Occult Brucella Osteomyelitis in the Skull Detected by Bone Scintigraphy

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Brucellosis is a worldwide infectious disease of animals that can be transmitted to humans. Osteoarticular involvement is the most common complication of brucellosis. A 47-year-old man, who was a stockbreeder, complained of myalgia with fever and chills for 2 weeks. The serology titers and blood cultures for brucellosis were positive. Bone scintigraphy demonstrated a focally increased uptake in the left supraorbital area. Plain radiographs showed an osteolytic lesion, and an MRI revealed signal abnormalities in the corresponding site. We present an unususal case of occult Brucella osteomyelitis in the frontal bone of the skull detected by bone scintigraphy.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, San 2-20 Geumam-dong, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 561-180, Korea

    Myung-Hee Sohn, Seok Tae Lim, Young Jin Jeong, Dong Wook Kim & Hwan-Jeong Jeong

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, Korea

    Chang-Seob Lee

  3. Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, Korea

    Myung-Hee Sohn, Seok Tae Lim, Dong Wook Kim, Hwan-Jeong Jeong & Chang-Seob Lee

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Sohn, MH., Lim, S.T., Jeong, Y.J. et al. Unusual Case of Occult Brucella Osteomyelitis in the Skull Detected by Bone Scintigraphy. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 44, 161–163 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-010-0023-2

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