Spinal brucellosis diagnosed with positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET/CT)

Abstract

A 48-year-old female patient was referred to our clinic forsudden-onset right-sided waist pain that radiated down bothlegs. The pain, which was also present along her waist cur-vature, inhibited her ability to walk, sit, or stand. Associatedsymptoms were fever, night chills, and a complaint of 5-kgweight loss within the last month. The patient reported a pre-vious surgical history of vertebral instrumentation(intramedullary stud) that was inserted after a traffic acci-dent approximately 20 years ago. Further interrogation revealeda history of consumption of non-pasteurized dairy products.