title: [Kikuchi-Fujimoto lymphadenitis in a 29-year-old female patient].
abstract: We report the case of a 29-year-old Turkish woman who was admitted to hospital with a 4-week history of fever up to 39.0 °C, headache, sore throat, fatigue and painful cervical and right-sided axillary lymph node swelling. Computed tomography imaging of the neck, thorax and abdomen identified generalized but in particular bilateral cervical and right-sided axillary lymph node enlargement (up to 2 cm). The histological examination of the axillary lymph node biopsy revealed Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), a condition characterized by histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis. The patient was treated symptomatically with analgesics and antipyretics and the symptoms and febrile condition slowly improved.
authors.affiliation: 3. Med. Abteilung, Krankenhaus Hietzing, Wolkersbergenstr. 1, 1130, Wien, Österreich. jana.magutova@wienkav.at.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Magutová
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D058633:Antipyretics; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D020042:Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D058633:Antipyretics
keywords: Axilla; Fever; Lymph node biopsy; Lymphadenopathy; Neck