title: Kikuchi disease in a connective tissue disorder.
abstract: A 27-year old woman presented with fever, weight loss, arthralgia, macular skin rash and bilateral axillary lymphadenopathy. The histology of an excised lymph node showed evidence suggestive of Kikuchi disease. Subsequent laboratory tests showed evidence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, underscoring the importance of considering other diagnoses in a nodal histological diagnosis of Kikuchi disease, a benign condition of unknown aetiology.
authors.affiliation: Sabah Medical Centre, Kingfisher Park, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bachi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D020042:Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy