A Case of Kikuchi's Disease Presenting with Unique Facial Involvement.
Kikuchi's disease (KD), or histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a rare, self-limited lymphadenopathy, typically in young women, that usually remits spontaneously and does not recur. KD is clinically characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy and a high fever. Extranodal involvement (skin, arthritis, meningitis) rarely occurs. When KD is involved in a skin lesion, it presents with various shapes, but rarely manifests with symmetrically distributed, erythematous, firm nodules only on the face. In this report, we describe a patient with KD and unique skin manifestations.
Heo
Young Soo
YS
Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
Son
Soo Bin
SB
Kim
Jeong Eun
JE
Oh
Chil Hwan
CH
Song
Hae Jun
HJ