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ArticleJournal of ultrasound2024

Atypical clinical and sonographic manifestations of lymphadenopathy in a child with cat-scratch disease: A case report.

Laura Bruni, Michelangelo Baldazzi, Laura Greco, Donatella Vivacqua, Anna Olga Di Vincenzo, Ilaria Corsini, Stefano Bruni, Rocco Minelli, Eugenio Rossi, Giuseppe Paviglianiti and 3 more

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Laura BruniAlma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. laura.bruni4@studio.unibo.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8807-6373
Michelangelo BaldazziPediatric and Adult CardioThoracic and Vascular, Oncohematologic and Emergency Radiology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Laura GrecoPediatric and Adult CardioThoracic and Vascular, Oncohematologic and Emergency Radiology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Donatella VivacquaPediatric and Adult CardioThoracic and Vascular, Oncohematologic and Emergency Radiology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Anna Olga Di VincenzoPediatric and Adult CardioThoracic and Vascular, Oncohematologic and Emergency Radiology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Ilaria CorsiniUnit of Paediatric Emergency, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Stefano Bruni, Bologna, Italy.
Rocco MinelliDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences "Vincenzo Tiberio", University of Molise, Via Francesco De Sanctis, 1, 86100, Campobasso, CB, Italy.
Eugenio RossiU.O.S.D. Diagnostica per Immagini A.O.R.N. Santobono-Pausilipon, Pausilipon Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Giuseppe PaviglianitiUOC Radiologia Pediatrica ARNAS Civico-Di Cristina-Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy.
Marcello NapolitanoDepartment of Paediatric Radiology and Neuroradiology, V. Buzzi Children's Hospital, 32 Castelvetro St., 20154, Milan, Italy.
Marcello LanariUnit of Paediatric Emergency, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Luigi LovatoPediatric and Adult CardioThoracic and Vascular, Oncohematologic and Emergency Radiology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

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Abstract

Cat-scratch disease is a well-known infection in childhood. It usually presents as tender lymphadenopathy and should be included in the differential diagnosis of any lymphadenopathy syndrome. An history of exposure to cats supports the suspect and a positive serologic test to Bartonella henselae confirms the diagnosis. Ultrasound is the first line radiologic imaging performed in case of lymphadenopathy. The presence of hypoechoic lobular or oval mass with central hyperaemia and a possible adjacent fluid collection and surrounding oedema may differentiate the disease from other aetiologies. We describe the case of a 7-year-old girl presenting with an axillary lymphadenopathy, without a reported recent history of exposure to cats, with sonographic findings suggestive for cat-scratch disease. In this case, ultrasound was very useful in orienteering the diagnosis and insist on the medical history. Serology resulted positive for B. henselae and at the end the family remembered that 6 months before the child was scratched by a kitten.

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Bartonella henselaeCat-Scratch DiseaseLymphadenopathyUltrasonographyAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCatsChildDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansLymph NodesAnti-Bacterial AgentsCat scratch diseaseLymphadenopathyPediatricUltrasound

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