Abstract
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) or histolytic necrotizing lymphadenitis is a rare form of cervical lymphadenopathy that commonly affects young women. It is an idiopathic, self-limiting disease usually presenting with lymphadenitis, fever, and weight loss. I hereby report two cases of KFD, both of them presented with lymph node enlargements in the neck region. Excision biopsy was done after a trial of antibiotics, which gave a pathological diagnosis of KFD. KFD closely mimics, systemic lupus erythematosus and lymphoma, clinically and histologically. Although KFD is a benign disease, it has to be differentiated from these two diseases to avoid unnecessary chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery.
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Kumar, Santhosh
(2015)
"Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease - A report of two cases,"
Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU: Vol. 8:
Iss.
2, Article 16.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/2349-5006.174258
Available at:
https://kleijhsbr.researchcommons.org/journal/vol8/iss2/16
Pages
150
Last Page
152
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