• Title of article

    Epistaxis as the initial manifestation of brucellosis

  • Author/Authors

    Al Mousa, Abdullah I King Fahd Specialist Hospital - Department of Medicine, Saudi Arabia

  • From page
    241
  • To page
    245
  • Abstract
    Brucellosis is a multisystem disease with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Hematologic complications in the form of mild pancytopenia are occasionally reported in the course of acute brucellosis. Rarely, thrombocytopenia is severe and can be associated with purpura and mucosal bleeding. Epistaxis as the initial manifestation of brucellosis is a rarely reported phenomenon. A case of young adult is being reported who presented with epistaxis due to brucellosis-induced thrombocytopenia.
  • Keywords
    brucellosis , epistaxis , immune , thrombocytopenia
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Health Sciences
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Health Sciences
  • Record number

    2662207