A RARE STROKE CAUSE: BRUCELLA VASCULITIS

Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease characterized by multisystem involvement and is frequently encountered in developing countries. Nervous system involvement is rare, with a reported incidence of 4–11%. Cranial nerve pathologies, optic stasis, meningitis, myelitis, radiculopathy, peripheral neuropathy and vasculopathy are the most common findings of neurobrucellosis and the clinical picture may show itself in various combinations. Cerebral vasculopathy due to brucellosis is a very rare entity, with only a few cases reported in the literature. In this article, it is aimed to present a case of a 60-year-old male neurobrucellosis who developed stroke due to vasculitic involvement of deep cerebral penetrating vessels and to discuss it in the light of the literature