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Recurrent expressive aphasia as a presentation of cat-scratch encephalopathy.

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Fox, JW; Studley, JK; Cohen, DM
Published in: Pediatrics
March 2007

Cat-scratch disease is a common disease, occurring in an estimated 24,000 patients annually in the United States, and is one of the most common causes of chronic lymphadenitis in children. A wide array of neurologic complications occurs as a result of cat-scratch disease. However, there have been no reports of acute-onset, self-resolving, recurrent, expressive aphasia, as we report here in an adolescent boy. In our case, establishing the diagnosis of cat-scratch encephalopathy saved time and resources and afforded the family a benign diagnosis. Cat-scratch encephalopathy must be considered in the differential diagnoses when pediatric patients present with unusual neurologic symptoms.

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Pediatrics

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1098-4275

Publication Date

March 2007

Volume

119

Issue

3

Start / End Page

e760 / e763

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Stroke
  • Recurrence
  • Pediatrics
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Cats
  • Cat-Scratch Disease
  • Bartonella henselae
 

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Fox, J. W., Studley, J. K., & Cohen, D. M. (2007). Recurrent expressive aphasia as a presentation of cat-scratch encephalopathy. Pediatrics, 119(3), e760–e763. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2006-1885
Fox, James W., Joanna K. Studley, and Daniel M. Cohen. “Recurrent expressive aphasia as a presentation of cat-scratch encephalopathy.Pediatrics 119, no. 3 (March 2007): e760–63. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2006-1885.
Fox JW, Studley JK, Cohen DM. Recurrent expressive aphasia as a presentation of cat-scratch encephalopathy. Pediatrics. 2007 Mar;119(3):e760–3.
Fox, James W., et al. “Recurrent expressive aphasia as a presentation of cat-scratch encephalopathy.Pediatrics, vol. 119, no. 3, Mar. 2007, pp. e760–63. Pubmed, doi:10.1542/peds.2006-1885.
Fox JW, Studley JK, Cohen DM. Recurrent expressive aphasia as a presentation of cat-scratch encephalopathy. Pediatrics. 2007 Mar;119(3):e760–e763.

Published In

Pediatrics

DOI

EISSN

1098-4275

Publication Date

March 2007

Volume

119

Issue

3

Start / End Page

e760 / e763

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Stroke
  • Recurrence
  • Pediatrics
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Cats
  • Cat-Scratch Disease
  • Bartonella henselae