title: [Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis or Kikuchi and Fujimoto's disease. A case report].
abstract: We describe a case of necrotizing histiocytic lymphadenitis or Kikuchi and Fujimoto disease, a rare lymphadenopathy of unknown etiology usually striking young women. It was formerly described in Japan, and subsequently in other countries and in Italy as an anatomo-clinical entity. The disease has a favourable prognosis, therefore it has to be considered differently from other lymphadenopathies with severe prognosis whose anatomo-pathological differential features were analyzed by the authors. The case here observed differs from other cases described in literature because of the presence of a perilymphadenitic component.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Medicina interna, Ospedale S. Cuore di Gesù, Gallipoli.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ria
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mussardo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: D'Ambrosio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Filippo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matteo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Potì
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015614:Histiocytosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D009336:Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Linfoadenite necrotizzante istiocitaria o malattia di Kikuchi e Fujimoto. Descrizione di un caso.