title: Cat-scratch disease associated with pleural effusions and encephalopathy in a child.
abstract: Cat-scratch disease has been associated with a variety of systemic manifestations. We present a case of cat-scratch disease associated with bilateral pleural effusions and encephalopathy in a child. The particular combination of findings reported here may be more ubiquitous than formerly suspected and widen the clinical description of this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., USA.
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Whitman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Krafte-Jacobs
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography