Cat scratch disease with cervical vertebral osteomyelitis and spinal epidural abscess.
Cat scratch disease has variable clinical presentations and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abscess if there is a history of contact with cats. We report a 5-year-old boy with cat scratch disease who presented with painful torticollis and osteomyelitis of the cervical spine associated with an epidural abscess.
Tasher
Diana
D
The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, E. Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.
Armarnik
Erez
E
Mizrahi
Avram
A
Liat
Ben Sira
BS
Constantini
Shlomi
S
Grisaru-Soen
Galia
G
D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging