Isolated hepatic involvement of cat scratch disease in immunocompetent adults: Enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, pathological findings, and molecular analysis - Two cases

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-354

  Marsilia, Giuseppina Marino ^a,d   La Mura, Anna ^a   Galdiero, Roberta ^a   Galdiero, Emilia ^b   Aloj, Giovanni ^c   Ragozzino, Alfonso ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Surgical Unit   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Hepatic granulomatous inflammation; Liver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRANULOMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD34; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33749635421     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896906291780     Document Type: Article

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