Isolated mediastinal necrotizing granulomatous lymphadenopathy due to cat-scratch disease

A Lovis; O Clerc; R Lazor; K Jaton; G Greub

doi:10.1007/s15010-013-0484-1

Isolated mediastinal necrotizing granulomatous lymphadenopathy due to cat-scratch disease

Infection. 2014 Feb;42(1):153-4. doi: 10.1007/s15010-013-0484-1. Epub 2013 Jun 1.

Authors

A Lovis¹, O Clerc, R Lazor, K Jaton, G Greub

Affiliation

¹ Service of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.

PMID: 23728773
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-013-0484-1

Abstract

We report a patient suffering from cat-scratch disease limited to mediastinal lymphadenitis. Although rare, cat-scratch disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of mediastinal lymphadenitis, especially when patients were exposed to cats.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cat-Scratch Disease / diagnosis*
Cat-Scratch Disease / pathology*
Female
Humans
Lymphatic Diseases / diagnosis*
Lymphatic Diseases / pathology*
Mediastinal Diseases / diagnosis*
Mediastinal Diseases / pathology*
Middle Aged
Positron-Emission Tomography
Radiography, Thoracic
Tomography, X-Ray Computed