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American Journal of Neuroradiology 27:384-386, February 2006
© 2006 American Society of Neuroradiology

CASE REPORT
BRAIN

Vasculopathic Changes in the Cerebral Arterial System with Neurobrucellosis

I. Adaletli^a, S. Albayram^a, B. Gurses^b, H. Ozer^a, M.H. Yilmaz^a, F. Gulsen^a and A. Sirikci^c

^a Department of Radiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
^b Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
^c Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey

Address correspondence to Sait Albayram, MD, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Radiology, Istanbul University, 34300-Istanbul, Turkey

SUMMARY: Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease characterized by multisystem involvement. Nervous system involvement is rare, with a reported incidence of 3%–13%. Brucellosis can also be manifested in the form of vasculopathy. Cerebral vasculopathy due to brucellosis is a very rare entity, with only a few cases reported in the literature. We present a patient with neurobrucellosis who had involvement of cerebral vasculature demonstrated by angiography.