[Hepatosplenic localization of cat scratch disease in immunocompetent adults. Two cases]

Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2003 Feb;27(2):225-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The infective agent responsible for cat scratch disease, Bartonella henselae, is a rare cause of hepatic granulomatosis in immunocompetent adults. Clinical features include a prolonged fever or more typical symptoms such as lymphadenopathy associated with painful hepatomegaly and a fever following a cat scratch or bite. Images of micronodular hepatosplenic lesions on abdominal ultrasonography or computed tomography scan along with epithelioid granulomas in a liver biopsy can suggest this diagnosis. It is established with a serology by indirect immunofluorescence or by ELISA and/or the presence of Bartonella henselae DNA evidenced by PCR in the liver biopsy. We report two cases of hepatosplenic localizations of cat scratch disease in a 41-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man presenting asthenia and fever associated with a biological inflammatory syndrome and elevated liver enzymes.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Liver Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Splenic Diseases / diagnosis*