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A Case Report

Demet Yazici, MD; Ulku Tuncer, MD; Melek Ergin, MD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007;133(1):86-89.

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INTRODUCTION

Kimura disease is a rare, slowly progressive, immune-mediated disorder of unknown origin, usually affecting young Asian male patients. The typical triad of this disorder comprises (1) painless unilateral cervical adenopathy or subcutaneous masses predominantly in the head and neck region; (2) blood and tissue eosinophilia; and (3) marked elevated serum IgE levels.¹ Because this disease can mimic a neoplastic process, early diagnosis can save the patient from any harmful and unnecessary invasive diagnostic procedures. We describe herein a Turkish man with Kimura disease who developed nephrotic syndrome and was treated with steroid therapy.

REPORT OF A CASE

A 25-year-old Turkish man was admitted to our clinic with painless, nodular swelling that covered the left periauricular and parotid regions (Figure 1). The swelling began to appear 10 years prior to admittance, and he developed nephrotic syndrome 1 year after the swelling began. He did . . . [Full Text of this Article]

COMMENT

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Author Affiliations: Departments of Otolaryngology (Drs Yazici and Tuncer) and Pathology (Dr Ergin), Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.