Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: case report

Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2009 Dec;119(12):826-9.

Abstract

We present the case of a 27-year-old woman with local cervical lymphadenopathy without other symptoms. Due to a gradual progression of lesions, a biopsy was performed, and a specimen excised from an enlarged lymph node was subjected to histological examination. Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), that is histiocytic necrotizing lymhadenitis, was diagnosed. Lymphadenopathy resolved without medical treatment over 6 months. KFD should be considered in the differential diagnosis of lymphadenopathy, even though this disease rarely occurs in Poland.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Foam Cells / pathology
  • Histiocytes / pathology
  • Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / diagnosis
  • Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Neck