Bilateral asymmetric superficial soft tissue masses with extensive involvement of both upper extremities: demonstration of Kimura's disease by US and MRI (2008: 12b).
Kimura's disease is known as a rare chronic inflammatory disease occurring mainly in the head and neck regions of Asian male patients. We present a case of Kimura's disease with extensive involvement of the bilateral upper extremities in a 20-year-old Korean man. Ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated the presence of partially ill-defined, conglomerated soft tissue masses centered in the subcutaneous layer of both upper arms, with cranial extension along the cutaneous nerve in the right lesion. Medial epitrochlear, axillary and lower cervical lymphadenopathy accompanied the masses.
Park
Ji Seon
JS
Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. gdluck@hitel.net
Jin
Wook
W
Ryu
Kyung Nam
KN
Won
Kyu Yeoun
KY
D000328:Adult; D000796:Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D001132:Arm / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*