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Case Reports
. 2015 Sep;40(9):746-7.
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000843.

Hepatosplenic Cat-Scratch Disease in Children and the Positive Contribution of 18F-FDG Imaging

Karianne E Kraft  1 , Rienus A Doedens, Riemer H J A Slart
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Case Reports

Hepatosplenic Cat-Scratch Disease in Children and the Positive Contribution of 18F-FDG Imaging

Karianne E Kraft et al. Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Sep.

Abstract

Two patients were referred to our hospital because of suspected malignancy. In patient 1, a 4-year-old boy, a F-FDG PET scan showed an enlarged liver with multiple FDG-positive nodular lesions. In patient 2, a 16-year-old boy, a FDG PET-(low-dose) CT showed an enlarged liver and spleen with multiple nodular lesions and a solitary hypodense nodule adjacent to the pancreatic head. The lesions were thought to originate from infectious disease or lymphoma. Polymeric chain reaction (PCR) on a liver biopsy was positive for Bartonella henselae. Both patients were treated with antibiotics and recovered completely.

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