title: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: an amazing response to hydroxychloroquine.
abstract: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is a benign and self-limited disorder. The common clinical features are fever and cervical lymphadenitis. A 9-year-old girl with fever and cervical lymphadenitis was admitted because of persistent symptoms. A cervical lymph node biopsy showed the characteristic features of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease. Herein, we will discuss the clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease and highlight the dramatic response when a patient was treated with hydroxychloroquine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386, Ta-Chung 1st road, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Po-Hung
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yung-Feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chia-Wan
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Shue-Ren
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Wann
authors.forename: Hong-Tai
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000188:drug therapy; D020042:Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006886:Hydroxychloroquine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D006886:Hydroxychloroquine