title: Kimura disease in an African patient.
abstract: We operated on a 23-year-old black Nigerian man with a 4-year history of a tumour on the left cheek associated with IgE hypergammaglobulinaemia and peripheral eosinophilia. The lesion recurred.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugia Oral y Maxilofacial, Complejo Hospitalario Carlos Haya, Malaga, Spain.
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Herrero-Basilio
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Valenzuela-Serrano
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Arranz-Salas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daura-Saez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanz-Trelles
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valiente-Alvarez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000796:Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002610:Cheek; D006801:Humans; D006942:Hypergammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E