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Bartonella henselae infection mimicking a splenic lymphoma
1Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hĵpital Raymond Poincaré, Université Paris Ouest, Garches, France.
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|March 1, 2002
Abstract:
We report a Bartonella henselae infection in a 40-y-old patient who presented with fever, weight loss, night sweats, elevated lactate dehydrogenase and multinodular splenomegaly with multiple abdominal lymphadenopathies. Splenic cat-scratch disease is an exceptional diagnosis in adults and can easily be mistaken for a splenic lymphoma, thereby leading to an unnecessary splenectomy.