Spectrum of radiological manifestations of paediatric cat-scratch disease

• Published in: Pediatric radiology Vol. 42; no. 11; pp. 1380 - 1384
• Main Authors: Rohr, Aaron, Saettele, Megan R., Patel, Suchit A., Lawrence, Charles A., Lowe, Lisa H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01-11-2012; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescence; Adolescent; Animals; Bites; Bites and Stings - complications; Cat-Scratch Disease - diagnosis; Cat-Scratch Disease - etiology; Cats; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Diagnostic Imaging - methods; Discitis; Encephalitis; Female; Humans; Imaging; Inflammation - diagnosis; Lymphadenopathy; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neuritis; Neuroradiology; Nuclear Medicine; Oncology; Osteomyelitis; Pediatrics; Pictorial Essay; Radiology; Retinitis; Skull; Ultrasound; Brain; Paediatric; Bone; Cat scratch
• ISSN: 0301-0449; 1432-1998
• DOI: 10.1007/s00247-012-2451-x

Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is usually a self-limiting condition that may mimic more serious disorders due to its variable clinical and imaging presentations. Many cases are diagnosed throughout the United States annually, with the majority occurring in children and adolescents who have had contact with a cat, usually in the form of a scratch or bite. This manuscript will discuss the spectrum of radiologic manifestations of CSD emphasising key imaging findings of lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenic lesions, osteomyelitis, discitis, encephalitis, neuroretinitis and cranial neuritis.