Hepatosplenic Cat-Scratch Disease in Children and the Positive Contribution of F-18-FDG Imaging

Karianne E. Kraft; Rienus A. Doedens; Riemer H. J. A. Slart

doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000000843

Hepatosplenic Cat-Scratch Disease in Children and the Positive Contribution of F-18-FDG Imaging

Karianne E. Kraft^*
, Rienus A. Doedens
, Riemer H. J. A. Slart

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Two patients were referred to our hospital because of suspected malignancy. In patient 1, a 4-year-old boy, a F-18-FDG PET scan showed an enlarged liver with multiple FDG-positive nodular lesions. In patient 2, a 16-year-old boy, a FDG PET-(low-dose) CT showed an enlarged liver and spleen with multiple nodular lesions and a solitary hypodense nodule adjacent to the pancreatic head. The lesions were thought to originate from infectious disease or lymphoma. Polymeric chain reaction (PCR) on a liver biopsy was positive for Bartonella henselae. Both patients were treated with antibiotics and recovered completely.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	746-747
Number of pages	2
Journal	Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Volume	40
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000000843
Publication status	Published - Sept-2015

Keywords

cat scratch disease
Bartonella henselae
FDG PET-CT
BARTONELLA-HENSELAE
INFECTIONS
PET

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