Anaesthesiological implications of Kimura's disease: a case report
| Autor: | Pierfrancesco Veroux, Alessandro Cappellani, Mirco Tindaro Sidoti, Gianluigi Morello, Tiziano Tallarita, Massimiliano Veroux, Daniela Corona, D. Zerbo, Alessandro Laudini, Laura Parrinello, Alessia Giaquinta, Massimiliano Sorbello, Jessica Giuseppina Maugeri |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Medicine(all)
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Unknown aetiology beclometasone cisatracurium Elevated serum IgE lcsh:R lcsh:Medicine Diagnostic test General Medicine Disease medicine.disease Dermatology Case report Medicine Eosinophilia Kimura's disease Asian race medicine.symptom Head and neck business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Case Reports Journal of Medical Case Reports, Vol 3, Iss 1, p 7316 (2009) |
| ISSN: | 1752-1947 |
| DOI: | 10.4076/1752-1947-3-7316 |
| Popis: | Introduction Kimura's disease is a chronic inflammatory condition belonging to the angio-lymphatic proliferative group of disorders, usually affecting young men of Asian race, but is rare in Western countries. It is a benign but locally injurious disease, of unknown aetiology, whose classical clinical features are a tumour-like swelling, usually in the head and neck, with or without satellite lymphadenopathy, often accompanied by eosinophilia and elevated serum IgE. Case presentation We report the case of a 33-year-old Caucasian woman with an atypical localization of Kimura's disease, discussing the anaesthesiological implications and reviewing the current literature on Kimura's disease. Conclusions The diagnosis of Kimura's disease can be difficult and misleading, and anaesthesiological precautions could be ignored. Patients with this disease are often evaluated for other disorders: unnecessary diagnostic tests and investigations, or even surgery, may be avoided by just being aware of Kimura's disease. |
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