Clinical pathologic analysis of the eat-scratch diseases
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-6706.2009.09.023
- VernacularTitle:猫抓病2例临床病理分析
- Author:
Qi WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Cat-scratch disease;
Pathology,clinical
- From:
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy
2009;16(9):1577-1578
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objiective To explore clinical pathologic characteristics, diagnosis and differential diagnosis of the cat-scratch diseases. Methods 2 patients with cat-scratch diseases were analyzed by histological observation and Warthin-Starry argentaffine fibers stain. Results One patient had a clearly medical history bitten finger by a roam a-bout cat. Histologically, the nodular was composed of epithelioid cells, multinuclear giant cells with a central necrot-ic. Conclusions The common etiology of the cat-scratch disease were Bartonella hensellae. These lesions greagly re-semble those of lymphogranuloma venereum and non-caseous tuberculosis. The diagnosis and differential diagnosis was based on the history, a specific cutaneous test and Warthin-Starry argentaffine fibers stain.
