[Cat-scratch disease. Histopathology of the primary skin lesion. Apropos of a case]

Med Cutan Ibero Lat Am. 1987;15(6):445-8.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report a case of cat-scratch disease. The histological findings of the primary cutaneous lesion were characterized by the presence of necrotic areas surrounded by epithelioid cells in a palisade arrangement and an infiltrate composed of lymphoid cells, plasma cells and giant cells foreign body type.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / pathology*
  • Child
  • Facial Dermatoses / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Skin / pathology*