A chronic benign adenopathy, especially in children and young adults, commonly associated with a recent cat scratch orbite and caused by bacteria including Bartonella henselae and Alipia felis; the lymphadenopathy usually resolvesspontaneously within a period of several months, but complications involving central nervous system, liver, spleen, lung,and skin have been seen. Syn: benign inoculation lymphoreticulosis, benign inoculation reticulosis, cat-scratch fever,regional granulomatous lymphadenitis.