Chest Imaging of a rare case of cat-scratch disease in a 2-years-old baby

Chest Imaging of a rare case of cat-scratch disease in a 2-years-old baby

Authors

  • Enrica Rossi Department of Imaging, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy
  • Anna Perrone Department of Radiology, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy
  • Ubaldo Bongini Department of Radiology, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy
  • Antonina Marta Cangelosi Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
  • Sara Sollai Department of Pediatrics, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy
  • Donatella Narese Department of Radiology, DIBIMEF, University Hospital P. Giaccone of Palermo, Italy
  • Claudio Defilippi Department of Radiology, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i4.6070

Keywords:

Cat-scratch disease, Pediatrics, Magnetic Resonance, Bartonella henselae, Chest.

Abstract

Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is usually a self-limiting infection that in the majority of cases occurs as lymphadenitis in children who have been scratched or bitten by a cat. Rarely, Bartonella henselae is cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO), with dissemination to various organs, mimicking an inflammatory rather than a lymphoproliferative disease. This manuscript will present a case of thoracic manifestations of CSD in an immunocompetent 2-years baby without history of cat contact, with fever of unknown origin, investigated by chest CT and MRI.

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Published

15-01-2019

Issue

Vol. 89 No. 4 (2018)

Section

CASE REPORTS

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Chest Imaging of a rare case of cat-scratch disease in a 2-years-old baby. Acta Biomed [Internet]. 2019 Jan. 15 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];89(4):585-8. Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/article/view/6070
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