title: Kikuchi's necrotizing lymphadenitis.
abstract: Kikuchi's necrotizing lymphadenitis has recently been reported in the United States where it has not previously been recognized. In the past year three cases were seen in a community hospital in San Francisco. The histologic appearance and clinical features were felt to be sufficiently characteristic to be diagnostic.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000473:pathology*; D009336:Necrosis