Giant hepatic granuloma caused by Bartonella henselae

Authors
Murano, I Yoshii, H Kurashige, H Sugio, Y Tsukahara, M
Citation
I. Murano et al., Giant hepatic granuloma caused by Bartonella henselae, PEDIAT INF, 20(3), 2001, pp. 319-320
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
ISSN journal
08913668 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
319 - 320
Database
ISI
SICI code
0891-3668(200103)20:3<319:GHGCBB>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We report a 10-year-old girl with a 3.0- by 3.5-cm giant hepatic granuloma caused by Bartonella henselae. Such a solitary and large granuloma associat ed with B. henselae infection has not been previously reported. We believe that B. henselae infection is a consideration in the differential diagnosis of a large hepatic mass.