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Cat Scratch Disease—A Benign Disease with Thymic Hyperplasia Mimicking Lymphoma
Cat scratch disease (CSD) is a benign condition caused by the inoculation of Bartonella henselae. The imaging findings are non-specific, and it is difficult to diagnose the disease via imaging. However, imaging studies help exclude other differential diagnoses in diagnostic dilemmas. We encountered...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10378555/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37510201 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13142457 |
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author | Leong, Ming Hui Nabillah, Mohd Jadi Rizuana, Iqbal Hussain Asma, Abdullah Kew, Thean Yean Tan, Geok Chin |
author_facet | Leong, Ming Hui Nabillah, Mohd Jadi Rizuana, Iqbal Hussain Asma, Abdullah Kew, Thean Yean Tan, Geok Chin |
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description | Cat scratch disease (CSD) is a benign condition caused by the inoculation of Bartonella henselae. The imaging findings are non-specific, and it is difficult to diagnose the disease via imaging. However, imaging studies help exclude other differential diagnoses in diagnostic dilemmas. We encountered a case of a 17-year-old adolescent who presented with painful neck swelling. CT showed multiple bilateral cervical lymphadenopathies with triangular soft tissue mass at the anterior mediastinum likely to be thymic hyperplasia, which is unusual in CSD and was mistaken for a lymphoproliferative disorder. Tissue diagnosis with a thorough clinical history yielded the diagnosis of cat scratch disease, and follow-up imaging showed resolution of the cervical lymphadenopathy and thymic hyperplasia. |
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spelling | pubmed-103785552023-07-29 Cat Scratch Disease—A Benign Disease with Thymic Hyperplasia Mimicking Lymphoma Leong, Ming Hui Nabillah, Mohd Jadi Rizuana, Iqbal Hussain Asma, Abdullah Kew, Thean Yean Tan, Geok Chin Diagnostics (Basel) Interesting Images Cat scratch disease (CSD) is a benign condition caused by the inoculation of Bartonella henselae. The imaging findings are non-specific, and it is difficult to diagnose the disease via imaging. However, imaging studies help exclude other differential diagnoses in diagnostic dilemmas. We encountered a case of a 17-year-old adolescent who presented with painful neck swelling. CT showed multiple bilateral cervical lymphadenopathies with triangular soft tissue mass at the anterior mediastinum likely to be thymic hyperplasia, which is unusual in CSD and was mistaken for a lymphoproliferative disorder. Tissue diagnosis with a thorough clinical history yielded the diagnosis of cat scratch disease, and follow-up imaging showed resolution of the cervical lymphadenopathy and thymic hyperplasia. MDPI 2023-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10378555/ /pubmed/37510201 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13142457 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Interesting Images Leong, Ming Hui Nabillah, Mohd Jadi Rizuana, Iqbal Hussain Asma, Abdullah Kew, Thean Yean Tan, Geok Chin Cat Scratch Disease—A Benign Disease with Thymic Hyperplasia Mimicking Lymphoma |
title | Cat Scratch Disease—A Benign Disease with Thymic Hyperplasia Mimicking Lymphoma |
title_full | Cat Scratch Disease—A Benign Disease with Thymic Hyperplasia Mimicking Lymphoma |
title_fullStr | Cat Scratch Disease—A Benign Disease with Thymic Hyperplasia Mimicking Lymphoma |
title_full_unstemmed | Cat Scratch Disease—A Benign Disease with Thymic Hyperplasia Mimicking Lymphoma |
title_short | Cat Scratch Disease—A Benign Disease with Thymic Hyperplasia Mimicking Lymphoma |
title_sort | cat scratch disease—a benign disease with thymic hyperplasia mimicking lymphoma |
topic | Interesting Images |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10378555/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37510201 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13142457 |
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