Kimura's disease: an unusual cause of cervical tumour.
An 11 year old Chinese boy developed a unilateral cervical mass associated with pronounced eosinophilia and a marked increase in IgE concentrations. A biopsy sample showed massive eosinophilic tissue infiltration consistent with Kimura's disease. This disorder should be suspected when the clinical triad of painless unilateral cervical adenopathy, hypereosinophilia, and hyper-IgE is present, particularly in male Asian patients.
Chusid
M J
MJ
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
Rock
A L
AL
Sty
J R
JR
Oechler
H W
HW
Beste
D J
DJ
D000796:Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood*; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck
D007073:Immunoglobulin E