Cat-Scratch Fever Associated with an Osteolytic Lesion

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CAT-SCRATCH fever is usually a nonbacterial regional lymphadenitis that occurs one or two weeks after a scratch by a cat. The course is variable and may last for a few weeks to months. The etiology of the disease is as yet unknown, but is thought to be viral. Complications are unusual, but a variety of other conditions may be associated with it. Among these are erythema nodosum,1 encephalopathy,2 oculoglandular syndrome,3 , 4 peripheral neuritis,5 thrombocytopenic purpura,6 pulmonary infiltration7 and a sterile osteolytic bone lesion.8 The disease was first recognized as an entity by Foshay in 1932, but the first report in the . . .

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