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BRUCELLOSIS OF THE CARPUS

Report of a Case



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Abstract

1. A farmer who owned cattle infected with brucellosis presented with a painful, swollen wrist. Osteolytic lesions were seen radiologically. The wrist was explored. Histological features were those of a subacute granuloma. Brucella abortus biotype I was grown.

2. The clinical diagnosis, bone and joint radiology, pathology and microbiology are discussed.

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