Kikuchi's lymphadenitis and carcinoma of the stomach.
A 37 year old male with a poorly differentiated carcinoma of the stomach presented with cervical lymphadenopathy. It was clinically thought to be a metastatic carcinoma, but on biopsy, it exhibited features of Kikuchi's lymphadenitis. Distinguishing the signet ring histiocytes seen in Kikuchi's disease from signet ring carcinoma cells can be a diagnostic problem. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of an association of Kikuchi's disease and carcinoma.
Radhi
J M
JM
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
Skinnider
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McFadden
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D000328:Adult; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*