Cat Scratch Disease Presenting as Breast Cancer : A Report of an Unusual Case

Joint Authors

Di Libero, Lorenzo
Vigorito, Raffaella
Caracciolo, Francesco
Lo Conte, Domenico
Varricchio, Antonio
Gagliardi, Giuliano
Testa, Antonio
Lepore, Maria
Iannace, Carlo

Source

Case Reports in Oncological Medicine

Issue

Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-4, 4 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2013-03-13

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

4

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

Benign lymphoreticulosis (cat scratch disease, CSD) may have a clinical course that varies from the most common lymphadenitis localized in the site of inoculation, preceded by the typical “primary lesion,” to a context of severe systemic involvement.

Among these uncommon clinical aspects, there is mammarian granulomatous lymphadenitis which may appear as a mastitis or a solitary intraparenchymal mass, giving the impression of a breast tumor.

In these cases, intensive clinical, instrumental, and laboratory investigations are necessary to exclude malignancy.

Because of its rarity, in equivocal cases, it is reasonable to use surgical excision for accurate histological examination.

We report a case of CSD of the breast in a 59-year-old woman, analyzing the clinical, histopathological, and instrumental appearance and also performing a literature review.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Iannace, Carlo& Lo Conte, Domenico& Di Libero, Lorenzo& Varricchio, Antonio& Testa, Antonio& Vigorito, Raffaella…[et al.]. 2013. Cat Scratch Disease Presenting as Breast Cancer : A Report of an Unusual Case. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-477156

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Iannace, Carlo…[et al.]. Cat Scratch Disease Presenting as Breast Cancer : A Report of an Unusual Case. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-477156

American Medical Association (AMA)

Iannace, Carlo& Lo Conte, Domenico& Di Libero, Lorenzo& Varricchio, Antonio& Testa, Antonio& Vigorito, Raffaella…[et al.]. Cat Scratch Disease Presenting as Breast Cancer : A Report of an Unusual Case. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-477156

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-477156