title: Recurrent Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB, UK.
authors.forename: Sunil K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sah
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pant
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Piper
authors.forename: Tahseen A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.forename: St John
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Crean
mesh_terms: 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