title: High procalcitonin and thrombocytopenic purpura in a case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease.
abstract: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is a mild and rare idiopathic disease, particularly in children. It is mostly characterized by painful cervical lymphadenopathy and/or prolonged fever and confirmed by histology. We report a case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease in a 14-year-old teenager with high procalcitonin concentration and thrombocytopenic purpura.
authors.affiliation: Inserm CIC0802, 86000 Poitiers, France; Pédiatrie multidisciplinaire-Nutrition de l'enfant, CHU de Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France. Electronic address: arnaud.de.luca@univ-poitiers.fr.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Luca
authors.affiliation: Pédiatrie multidisciplinaire-Nutrition de l'enfant, CHU de Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parizel
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'anatomie et cytologie pathologiques, CHU de Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fromont
authors.affiliation: Médecine interne, CHU de Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roblot
authors.affiliation: Maladies infectieuses et tropicales, CHU de Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roblot
authors.affiliation: Pédiatrie multidisciplinaire-Nutrition de l'enfant, CHU de Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gambert-Abdel Rahman
authors.affiliation: Inserm CIC0802, 86000 Poitiers, France; Pédiatrie multidisciplinaire-Nutrition de l'enfant, CHU de Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hankard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D020042:Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D011696:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide