[Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: two cases].
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, or necrotizing histiocyte lymphadenitis, is a rare anatomo-clinical entity of unknown cause. The patients present painful cervical lymph nodes, fever, and a flu-like syndrome, but the spontaneous course is usually favorable in six months. We observed two cases within six months in our unit. Both patients improved rapidly after diagnostic adenectomy.
Prendki
Virginie
V
Service de Médecine Interne A, Hôtel-Dieu-CHU, 44093 Nantes Cedex 1.
Agard
Christian
C
Hamidou
Mohamed
M
Moreau
Anne
A
Gaillard
Fanny
F
Meriot
Muriel
M
Grolleau
Jean-Yves
JY
D000233:Adenoidectomy; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D020042:Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D010146:Pain / Q000473:pathology