Pathology
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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Cat scratch disease
Etiology

G negative bacilli can be found in most cases (Bartonella henselae, Afipia fellis).

Clinical signs
  • location: site of the scratch
  • papule, nodule, sometimes crusted
  • accompanied by lymphadenitis and sometimes by generalized symptoms
  • can run under the picture of erythema nodosum, erythema marginatum, purpura, Sweet-like syndrome
Histology

Large necrotizing granuloma with neutrophils, tissue debris and a mantle of histiocytes.