Kader ARSLAN, Salih CESUR, Esra YÜKSEKKAYA, Çiğdem ATAMAN HATİPOĞLU, Esra KAYA KILIÇ, Sami KINIKLI

Bruselloza bağlı dalak infarktı gelişen olgu

Bruselloz retiküloendotelyal sistem doku ve organlarını tutan zoonotik bir infeksiyondur. Brusellozda splenomegali görülebilmesine rağmen dalak apsesi veya dalak infarktı nadiren bildirilmiştir. Dalak infarktında sol üst kadran ağrısı ve ateş en sık görülen semptomlardır. Bu yazıda, bruselloza bağlı dalak infarktı gelişen ve splenektomi ve bruselloza yönelik antimikrobiyal tedavi uygulanan 79 yaşında bir kadın hasta sunuldu.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Bruselloz, dalak infarktı, organ tutulumu

A case of splenic infarct due to brucellosis

Brucellosis is a zoonotic infectious disease that involves the tissues and organs of the reticuloendothelial system. Although splenomegaly may be seen in brucellosis, spleen abscess or spleen infarction has rarely been reported. Left upper quadrant pain and fever are the most common symptoms in splenic infarction. In this article, we present a 79-year-old woman with splenic infarction due to brucellosis; she had splenectomy and was treated with antimicrobial therapy for brucellosis.

Keywords:

Brucellosis, splenic infarction, organ involvement,

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