Castro Diego, Stoppiello Pablo, Casales Nicolas, Belzarena Ana C, Silveri Claudio
Musculoskeletal Oncology Pathology Unit, Traumatology and Orthopedics Clinic of UdelaR at the National Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Radiol Case Rep. 2025 Mar 8;20(5):2248-2252. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2025.01.071. eCollection 2025 May.
Cat scratch disease, first described in France in the 1930s, is a benign infectious disease with often atypical presentation. Its clinical symptoms and radiologic features can overlap with those of a sarcoma. Here we present the case of a 12-year-old female with cat-scratch disease that was initially misdiagnosed as a soft tissue sarcoma of the elbow. The patient was then successfully treated with an antibiotic course. Our case emphasizes the importance of early consultation by a specialized multidisciplinary team given the lack of specificity and overlap of presentation among benign and malignant masses.
猫抓病于20世纪30年代在法国首次被描述,是一种通常表现不典型的良性传染病。其临床症状和放射学特征可能与肉瘤的症状和特征重叠。在此,我们报告一例12岁女性猫抓病病例,该病例最初被误诊为肘部软组织肉瘤。随后患者通过一个疗程的抗生素治疗成功治愈。鉴于良性和恶性肿块在表现上缺乏特异性且存在重叠,我们的病例强调了由专业多学科团队进行早期会诊的重要性。