title: Kimura disease: No age or ethnicity limit.
abstract: Kimura disease is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly manifests as a lump in the cervical region. Although the underlying pathophysiology is not clear yet, the diagnosis can be established based on specific histopathological characteristics. The first case of this disease was described in China, as well as the majority of subsequent cases that were also described in the Far East countries made Kimura disease traditionally a disease of adult patients of Asian descent. This report describes the occurrence of Kimura disease in pediatric non-Asian patient with a similar clinicopathologic presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail. dfaresg@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Fares E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: AlGhamdi
authors.forename: Talal A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Al-Khatib
authors.forename: Hani Z
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Marzouki
authors.forename: Mohammed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: AlGarni
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017668:Age of Onset; D000796:Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D018912:Arabs; D002648:Child; D039563:Histamine H1 Antagonists, Non-Sedating / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D017336:Loratadine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D039563:Histamine H1 Antagonists, Non-Sedating; D017336:Loratadine