title: An extremely rare cause of generalized lymphadenopathy in children: Kimura's disease.
abstract: Kimura's disease, characterized by a triad of painless subcutaneous masses in the head and neck, prominent eosinophilia and markedly elevated immunoglobulin E levels, is an uncommon idiopathic, chronic inflammatory disease that usually affects young and middle-aged Asian males. Kimura's disease is known usually as a localized process and is an extremely rare cause of generalized lymphadenopathy in children. We report an eight-year-old Turkish boy with Kimura's disease who presented with generalized lymphadenopathy masquerading as malignant lymphoma.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Aydin, Turkey.
authors: Emre
authors: E
authors: Ceçen
authors: Firuzan
authors: F
authors: Kaçar-Döger
authors: Barlas
authors: B
authors: Etensel
mesh_terms: D000796:Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D014421:Turkey