A fatal case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease.

Jan 2012

Dosi RV, Ambaliya A, Patel JS, Bhambhani YS, Patell RD.

Source

Department of Medicine, Medical College and SSG Hospital, Vadodara 390001.

Abstract

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is an extremely rare, benign, auto-immune, clinicopathological condition presenting with fever and lymphadenopathy. It has higher prevalance among Japanese and other Asiatic individuals. It is usually self-limiting with extremely rare mortality. A case of an adolescent girl who presented with fever and cervical lymphadenopathy, found to have Kikuchi's disease on histopathology of cervical lymph node is being reported. She eventually succumbed to the disease.

PubMed

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