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Brucellosis aortitis: An interesting case
Author(s) -
Joghataie Pegah,
Salahi Sarvenaz,
Hosseini Leila,
Rezaeian Nahid
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.14979
Subject(s) - brucellosis , aortitis , medicine , regurgitation (circulation) , thickening , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , cardiology , aorta , immunology , chemistry , polymer science
A 24‐year‐old woman referred to our radiology department with the diagnosis of new positive blood culture brucellosis and severe aortic regurgitation for evaluation of periaortic thickening. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging elegantly revealed the presence of active aortitis, most probably caused by brucellosis.