A Case of Cowpox Presenting as Progressive Unilateral Facial Swelling and Fever Without Any Skin Lesions
Oliver T R Toovey, Simon C Wooding, Amy Belfield, Jenna Furneaux, Nicola Eisenhauer, Tommy Rampling, Priya Gusain · 2026
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Oliver T. R. Toovey and co-authors present a 2026 case report of cowpox infection presenting without the usual skin sore. Cowpox is a rare virus infection, usually caught from cats, that typically leaves a distinctive lesion where it enters the skin. A healthy 25-year-old man instead developed progressive one-sided facial swelling and fever over ten days.
He had contact with his cat while the cat showed only eye disease, before its own skin lesions appeared. He never developed sores or the swollen, dying lymph nodes seen in some earlier lesion-free cases. Both man and cat recovered fully. The authors remind clinicians that facial swelling alone can be cowpox.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Oliver T R Toovey, Simon C Wooding, Amy Belfield, Jenna Furneaux, Nicola Eisenhauer, Tommy Rampling, Priya Gusain |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15454 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |