Case Report: Kikuchi: The great mimicker
| Autor: | Lorayne Chua, Kevin Bryan Lo, Anna Papazoglou, Nellowe Candelario |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Tuberculosis Biopsy Lymph node biopsy Case Report Lacrimal gland Disease Malignancy Kikuchi disease General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Diagnosis Differential 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Cervical lymphadenopathy lymphadenitis medicine Humans General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Glucocorticoids Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis Kikuchi fever General Immunology and Microbiology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry autoimmune General Medicine Articles medicine.disease Dermatology Lymphoma medicine.anatomical_structure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis 030221 ophthalmology & optometry Prednisone Female medicine.symptom business Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | F1000Research |
| ISSN: | 2046-1402 |
| Popis: | Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is a form of a benign necrotizing lymphadenitis which is most commonly misdiagnosed as tuberculosis and or lymphoma, usually more common among young adults in Asia. It is a benign disease but can mimic a lot of other disease processes spanning infectious, rheumatologic and even hematologic malignancies. Our patient presented with prolonged fever and lymphadenopathy. Initial considerations were lymphoma and a nonspecific viral infection. A CT scan showed diffuse cervical lymphadenopathy with lacrimal gland involvement. An excisional lymph node biopsy was done which revealed Kikuchi disease. Patient was given steroids with immediate response with defervescence. Kikuchi is a disease with many mimics and a complete workup is needed to exclude serious disease like malignancy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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