title: Kikuchi's disease: a benign cause of fever and cervical lymphadenopathy.
abstract: Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis (Kikuchi's disease, KD) is a rare benign condition of unknown origin, usually characterized by lymphadenopathy and fever, affecting mainly young women. We describe three cases of patients, one man and two women, with biopsy-proven KD detected at our university hospital during the past 3 years and we review the literature.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Haematology, Otorhinolarygology and Pathology, University Hospital of Heraklion, P.O. Box 1352, Heraklion, Crete Greece.
authors.forename: Anna M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Boula
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Bizakis
authors.forename: George E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Tsirakis
authors.forename: Theognosia S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Chimona
authors.forename: Efstathios N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Stathopoulos
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Alexandrakis