title: [Cat scratch disease--a diagnostic problem, case report].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Cat scratch disease as a possible cause of neck limphadenopathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of 40-years old men operated in our department on regional unilateral lymphadenopathy. The diagnosis of cat scratch disease was confirmed by the histopathologic examination.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Regional lymphadenopathy with history of contact with cats or other animals suggests the diagnosis of cat scratch disease. If we considered this disease in differential diagnosis it would mean less traumatic treatment for the patient. Cat scratch disease is diagnosed in Poland very rarely; we need to spread the knowledge about this infectious disease.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Otolaryngologii Miedzyleskiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego w Warszawie. justinebien@gmail.com
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dabrowska-Bień
authors.forename: Mirosława
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pietniczka-Załeska
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rowicki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D016896:Treatment Outcome