CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE WITH AN EXTRAAXIAL MASS

Authors
ROEBUCK DJ
Citation
Dj. Roebuck, CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE WITH AN EXTRAAXIAL MASS, American journal of neuroradiology, 19(7), 1998, pp. 1294-1295
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
American journal of neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01956108
Volume
19
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1294 - 1295
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6108(1998)19:7<1294:CDWAEM>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
CT and MR imaging of the brain and gallium-67 scintigraphy showed ale enhancing, gallium-avid mass in the left middle cranial fossa of a 10- year-old girl. Craniotomy revealed an inflammatory mass related to the left trigeminal nerve. The lesion contained rodlike bacteria, and ser ologic tests,were positive for cat-scratch disease. Neurologic involve ment in cat-scratch disease is uncommon, and the presence of organisms in neural tissue has not been reported.