CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE AS A RARE CAUSE OF OBSTRUCTIVE-JAUNDICE - A CASE-REPORT

Ultrasonography has become the first imaging modality in obstructive j aundice; it has the ability to define the cause and level of obstructi on [1-3]. The most common causes depend on the population studied and include neoplasm (ranging from 18 to 86%) [1-3], calculous disease (va rying from 5 to 48%) [1-3], and pancreatitis (in 2-27% of patients stu died) [1-3]. Recently, we encountered a diagnostic challenge of a pati ent in whom silent obstructive jaundice developed, which proved to be of an etiology not previously reported.