Bartonella henselae infection mimicking a splenic lymphoma.
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.
Ghez
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Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hĵpital Raymond Poincaré, Université Paris Ouest, Garches, France.
Bernard
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Bayou
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E
Bani-Sadr
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Vallée
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Perronne
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C
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