title: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: case report.
abstract: We present the case of a 27-year-old woman with local cervical lymphadenopathy without other symptoms. Due to a gradual progression of lesions, a biopsy was performed, and a specimen excised from an enlarged lymph node was subjected to histological examination. Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), that is histiocytic necrotizing lymhadenitis, was diagnosed. Lymphadenopathy resolved without medical treatment over 6 months. KFD should be considered in the differential diagnosis of lymphadenopathy, even though this disease rarely occurs in Poland.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Diseases, Nephrology and Endocrinology, Regional Hospital No. 2, Rzeszów, Poland.
authors.forename: Aneta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kołodziej-Kłek
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Orłowska-Florek
authors.forename: Krystyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gałazka
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grzywa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005487:Foam Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology; D020042:Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D009333:Neck