title: Cat-scratch disease: orthopaedic presentation.
abstract: Although cat-scratch disease is not uncommonly treated by pediatricians, it is rarely seen by orthopaedists. In this review of cat-scratch disease, two cases with orthopaedic manifestations are high-lighted. One patient had a positive bone scan in the distal humerus that simulated osteomyelitis on presentation. The second patient presented with a rapidly enlarging soft-tissue mass in the arm that resembled a soft-tissue sarcoma. The diagnosis of cat-scratch disease eventually was made late in the course of management in both cases. Both patients underwent surgical drainage and evacuation of the suppurated lymph node and recovered without sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of South Alabama, Mobile.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nimityongskul
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sri
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004550:Elbow / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012882:Skin Tests