title: Bartonella henselae infection mimicking a splenic lymphoma.
abstract: We report a Bartonella henselae infection in a 40-y-old patient who presented with fever, weight loss, night sweats, elevated lactate dehydrogenase and multinodular splenomegaly with multiple abdominal lymphadenopathies. Splenic cat-scratch disease is an exceptional diagnosis in adults and can easily be mistaken for a splenic lymphoma, thereby leading to an unnecessary splenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hĵpital Raymond Poincaré, Université Paris Ouest, Garches, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ghez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bayou
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bani-Sadr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vallée
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perronne
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013163:Splenomegaly