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El eritema nodoso es un tipo de reacción de hipersensibilidad tardía, que se manifiesta como nódulos eritematosos y dolorosos de predominio en miembros inferiores. Una de sus causas es la enfermedad por arañazo de gato producida por Bartonella henselae, aunque es poco habitual. Se expone un caso de eritema nodoso asociado a enfermedad por arañazo de gato diagnosticado en nuestro hospital, así como su manejo diagnóstico y terapéutico y su evolución
Erythema nodosum is a delayed-type hipersensitivity reaction that presents as erythematous and painful nodules on the shins. It can appear as an uncommon complication of cat scratch disease produced by Bartonella henselae. A rare case of erythema nodosum associated to cat scratch disease was diagnosed in our hospital. Its diagnostic, therapeutic management and evolution is reported. We have found in previous literature just a single case of association between erythema nodosum and cat scratch disease in a pediatric patient
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Humans , Male , Child , Cat-Scratch Disease/complications , Cat-Scratch Disease/microbiology , Bartonella henselae/isolation & purification , Erythema Nodosum/microbiology , Erythema Nodosum/drug therapy , Erythema Nodosum/diagnosis , Cat-Scratch Disease/drug therapy , Ibuprofen/therapeutic useABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: HaNDL (headache and neurological deficits with cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis) syndrome is a self-limiting benign condition which, as its name suggests, causes episodes of transient neurological deficits of a motor, sensory, aphasic and, less frequently, visual nature lasting several hours, accompanied or followed by moderate-to-severe headache and lymphocytosis of the cerebrospinal fluid. Its incidence is low in adulthood, and it is extremely uncommon in the paediatric age. Recurrence of episodes usually occurs in the first three months. It has an excellent prognosis. CASE REPORT: A 12-year-old female with intense frontal headache that suddenly begins on the tenth day, with clinical signs and symptoms of dysarthria and right hemiparesis with subsequent aphasia and generalised hypotonia. After ruling out other conditions by means of complementary examinations and the clinical course, the patient was finally diagnosed with HaNDL syndrome, since it fulfilled the clinical criteria of the International Headache Society (IHS). CONCLUSIONS: The patient met the criteria established by the IHS for the diagnosis of HaNDL syndrome. The main historical, epidemiological and clinical data are analysed and the differential diagnosis of HaNDL syndrome in the paediatric age is described.
TITLE: Sindrome HaNDL en una niña de 12 años.Introduccion. El sindrome HaNDL (headache and neurologic deficits with cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis) es una entidad autolimitada y benigna que cursa, como su nombre indica, con aparicion de episodios de deficits neurologicos transitorios de naturaleza motora, sensitiva o afasica, y menos frecuentemente visual, de varias horas de duracion, acompañados o seguidos de cefalea moderada-grave y linfocitosis del liquido cefalorraquideo. Su incidencia es baja en la edad adulta, y casi excepcional en la edad pediatrica. La recurrencia de los episodios suele producirse en los primeros tres meses. El pronostico es excelente. Caso clinico. Mujer de 12 años con cefalea frontal intensa que inicia en el decimo dia, de forma brusca, clinica de disartria y hemiparesia derecha con posterior afasia e hipotonia generalizada. Tras descartarse mediante exploraciones complementarias y evolucion clinica otras entidades, fue finalmente diagnosticada de sindrome HaNDL, ya que cumplia los criterios clinicos de la Sociedad Internacional de Cefaleas (IHS). Conclusiones. La paciente reunio los criterios de la IHS para el diagnostico de sindrome HaNDL. Se analizan los principales datos historicos, epidemiologicos y clinicos, y se expone el diagnostico diferencial del sindrome HaNDL en la edad pediatrica.
