title: Kimura's Disease in a Caucasian Female: A Very Rare Cause of Lymphadenopathy.
abstract: Introduction. Kimura's disease is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by the head and neck lymphadenopathy often accompanied by eosinophilia and elevated serum IgE. It is benign condition with unknown etiology usually affecting young men of Asian race. Affected Caucasians are very rare. Case Presentation. We report a clinically and histopathologically typical case of this disease in a 40-year-old Caucasian female. In differential diagnosis particular attention has been paid to angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia and neoplasms. Conclusion. The diagnosis of Kimura's disease can be very difficult and misleading; it is important not to ignore histopathological features. The presented patient has been under follow-up with no more symptoms of the disease for the last 1.5 years.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a Street, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
authors: Ewa
authors: E
authors: Osuch-Wójcikiewicz
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a Street, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
authors: Antoni
authors: A
authors: Bruzgielewicz
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a Street, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
authors: Magdalena
authors: M
authors: Lachowska
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a Street, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
authors: Agata
authors: A
authors: Wasilewska
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a Street, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
authors: Kazimierz
authors: K
authors: Niemczyk