Cat Scratch Disease Presenting as a Lump in the Parotid Region

Cat-scratch disease simulating a malignant process of the chest wall

“…Some children with CSD are investigated for malignant diseases: cases mimicking breast cancer, high grade lymphoma, neuroblastoma or parotid neoplasm have been reported [3,5,7,8,10]. The role of Bartonella species as the causative agent was supported by the presence of elevated speci®c antibody levels.…”

Cat-scratch disease presenting as the oculoglandular syndrome of Parinaud: a report of two cases

“…Ipsilateral preauricular lymph node involvement (which is sometimes accompanied by ipsilateral cervical adenopathy as in our cases) is the second component ofthe syndrome and may be mistaken for a parotid neoplasm. 6 Henri Parinaud (1844-1905), a celebrated soldier in the Franco-German War and distinguished Paris ophthalmologist, described the oculoglandular syndrome in 1889.7 Three years earlier he had described supranuclear paralysis of upward movement of the eyes that also bears the designation of 'Parinaud's syndrome'. This causes confusion in the medical literature, hence the importance of describing the oculoglandular manifestation of CSD as 'the oculoglandular syndrome ofParinaud' rather than simply Parinaud's syndrome.…”

Granulomatous Sialadenitis

“…19 Tularemic granulomatous inflammation often has its three evolutionary stages coexisting so that lymphoid hyperplasia, granuloma formation, and micro abscesses and macroabscesses can be seen in affected tissues. ":" The lesional tissue is first intranodal and not parenchymal in salivary regions.…”