Cat-scratch disease presenting as a breast mass.
The case of a 14-y-old girl who presented with a mass in her left breast after having contact with a guinea pig is presented. The diagnosis of cat-scratch disease was made by detection of Bartonella henselae DNA by PCR analysis of abscess aspirate.
Departments of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Poitiers, France. c.godet@chu-poitiers.fr
Cendrine
C
Godet
France
F
Roblot
Gwenaël
G
Le Moal
Pascal
P
Roblot
Jean Pierre
JP
Frat
Bertrand
B
Becq-Giraudon
D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001940:Breast / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
D004269:DNA, Bacterial