• Pan Afr Med J · Jan 2017

    Case Reports

    [Elbow abscess revealing cat-scratch disease: about a case].

    • Mustafa Nkaoui, Ahmed El Bardouni, Omar Lazrek, Nasser Ibo, Fouad Zouaidia, Mohamed Kharmaz, Mohamed Elouadghiri, Omar Lamrani, Mustapha Mahfoud, and Mohamed Saleh Berrada.
    • Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie, CHU Ibn Sina, Université Mohammad V Souissi, Rabat, Maroc.
    • Pan Afr Med J. 2017 Jan 1; 27: 67.

    AbstractCat-scratch disease (CSD) is a common cause of chronic benign lymphadenopathy in the child and the young adult. Bartonella henselae is the agent responsible for this disease. Common symptoms include regional lymphadenopathy associated with fever. We report a clinically atypical and potentially misleading case of a 18-year old girl with CSD revealed by elbow abscess.

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