title: Kikuchi's disease of the xanthomathous type with cutaneous manifestations.
abstract: Kikuchi's disease is a benign, self-limiting disease, whose pathogenesis remains unknown. Patients most often present with cervical lymphadenopathy, sometimes associated with fever and leukopenia. It has been reported that up to 40% of patients with Kikuchi's disease have also cutaneous eruptions, but no specific skin changes have been described. Kikuchi's disease can be subclassified into three histologic subtypes: a proliferative type, a necrotizing type and a xantomathous type. Most patients with Kikuchi's disease require no specific treatment, because the disease regresses spontaneously, within a few weeks to months. We report a case of a 31-year-old woman with xanthomatous type of Kikuchi's disease, whose first manifestation was the onset of erythematous papules with central suppuration on her face and on her left hand.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Resende
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Catarina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Maria da Luz
authors.initials: Mda L
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ana Paula
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Celeste
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brito
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D004890:Erythema / Q000473:pathology*; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000473:pathology*; D020042:Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000473:pathology*
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