Recurrent Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: case report.
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, also known as histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis, is a self-limiting condition of uncertain aetiology characterised by lymphadenopathy, pyrexia, and neutropenia. Some reported cases have been associated with systemic lupus erythematosus and there have been suggestions that Kikuchi's disease could represent a mild form of lupus but without definite evidence. We describe an unusual case of histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis in an Asian woman who had recurrent episodes for five years before a diagnosis was made.
Sah
Sunil K
SK
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB, UK.
Pant
Ravi
R
Piper
Kim
K
Chowdhury
Tahseen A
TA
Crean
St John
SJ
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D020042:Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis