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

Cat scratch disease (CSD) is usually a mild selflimiting illness characterized by regional lymphadenitis occurring 2 to 3 weeks after an injury to the skin by a scratch from a cat. Recent evidence describes small, pleomorphic Gram-negative bacteria as the causative organisms.'`4 The main proponents of this hypothesis attempted to fulfil Koch's postulates in an animal model (armadillo), though only skin lesions and not the full picture of CSD resulted. We report the case histories of a 50 year old man and his 14 year old daughter who presented with the oculoglandular syndrome of Parinaud caused by CSD.