title: Portal vein and bone involvement in disseminated cat-scratch disease: report of 2 cases.
abstract: Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is a common cause of regional lymphadenopathy. We describe 2 children with an unusual presentation of disseminated CSD, the first one presenting with persistent fever, multilocular abscesses in liver and spleen as well as osteolytic lesions in the lumbar spine and the second one with portal vein thrombosis and severe ascites.
authors.affiliation: University Children's Hospital, Freiburg, Germany. ruess@kkl200.ukl. uni-freiburg.de.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruess
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sander
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brandis
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berner
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000473:pathology*