title: Treatment of Kimura disease with intravenous immunoglobulin.
abstract: Kimura disease is an uncommon chronic inflammatory condition of unknown etiology and is characterized by painless subcutaneous nodules, usually affecting the head and neck, eosinophilia, and markedly elevated immunoglobulin E levels. Several reports have described the main modalities of treatment; both corticosteroids and surgery have provided good results, but occasionally corticosteroids cannot be tapered as the disease flares up. We report here the case of an 8-year-old boy diagnosed with Kimura disease who was successfully treated with 1 dose of intravenous immunoglobulin as a steroid-sparing agent.
authors: Department of Clinical Immunology, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Mexico City, Mexico. iq213@hotmail.com
authors: Victor
authors: V
authors: Hernandez-Bautista
authors: Marco Antonio
authors: MA
authors: Yamazaki-Nakashimada
authors: Ruben
authors: R
authors: Vazquez-García
authors: Daniela
authors: D
authors: Stamatelos-Albarrán
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Carrasco-Daza
authors: Ana Luisa
authors: AL
authors: Rodríguez-Lozano
mesh_terms: D000796:Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D007155:Immunologic Factors