[A case of hepatosplenic cat scratch disease]

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2006 Sep;103(9):1050-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 43-year-old man was admitted with idiopathic fever. Abdominal ultrasonogram demonstrated multiple hypoechoic lesions in the spleen. Abdominal CT scan showed multiple hypodense lesions in the liver and spleen. The patient had a cat in his house, and the presence of a very high serous antibody titer for Bartonella henselae led to the diagnosis of hepatosplenic cat scratch disease. It is important to consider this disease in the differential diagnosis of idiopathic fever when multiple lesions are detected in the liver and spleen.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood*
  • Bartonella henselae / immunology*
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / diagnosis*
  • Cats
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fever of Unknown Origin / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Liver Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Splenic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Splenic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial