title: [An "exotic" lymphadenopathy: Kikuchi-Fujimotor histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis. Case report and discussion].
abstract: The case of a 25 year old women with isolated inguinal lymphadenopathy and persistent fever caused by necrotizing inguinal lymphadenitis Kikuchi-Fujimoto is reported. Diagnostic and differential diagnostic aspects of this self-limited disorder with unclear pathogenesis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Abteilung, Ospedale regionale della Beata Vergine, Mendrisio.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bernasconi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rusca
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Balestra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology; D020042:Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology