Cat-scratch disease associated with an osteolytic lesion.
Lytic bone involvement accompanying cat-scratch disease has been described previously in three patients. I observed a fourth patient with this pathologic condition and noted variations among the four patients. To my knowledge, this patient is the first in whom extension from an involved lymph node to a bone was direct.
D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000150:complications*; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology