title: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease masquerading as tuberculosis.
abstract: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a benign, self-limiting subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis with unknown aetiology that has a predilection for young Far East Asian women. It presents with fever, fatigue and lymphadenomegaly and is often misdiagnosed. We report an unusual presentation in a South Asian woman with isolated mediastinal lymphadenopathy masquerading as tuberculosis. There is only one other reported case in the literature presenting with isolated mediastinal lymphadenopathy.
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester, Groby Road, Leicester, LE3 9QP, UK, pritygupta@hotmail.com.
authors: Prity
authors: P
authors: Gupta
authors: Kelvin
authors: K
authors: Lau
authors: Kevin
authors: K
authors: West
authors: Sridhar
authors: S
authors: Rathinam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D020042:Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids