Volume 16, Number 2, June 2004
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Miwa Miyauchi, Takenori Ishikawa, Koichiro Higasikawa, Hiroshi Shimasue, Hidetoshi Tomori, Shingo Inoue, Masaru Sugiyama
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Division of Cervico-Gnathostomatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Abstract
Cat scratch disease presenting as an enlarged submental lymph node in a 5-year-old boy is reported. There was clear history of contact with a cat, raised immunoglobulin G antibody titre against Bartonella henselae, and a granulomatous reaction in the excised lymph node.
Key words: Absence, Congenital, Submandibular gland
Asian J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2004;16:139-142.
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