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Brucellosis is the main zoonotic disease worldwide. Cardiovascular complications, though rare are the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with this infection. There are reported cases of endocarditis, aortoarteritis and peripheral arteritis as cardiovascular complications of Brucella but pulmonary arteritis has not been reported. Here we present the case of a 9-year-old child with pulmonary arteritis caused by Brucella melitensis. Pulmonary arteritis in a structurally normal heart is a very rare entity and causative organism of Brucella species makes it even rarer.