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Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007;133(4):416.

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Diagnosis: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is a necrotizing lymphadenitis.¹ Although the disease is more prevalent in Asia, cases have also been reported from all areas of the world. Most of the patients are young women (mean age, 25 years),^2-3 but males and an older population of either sex may also be affected. Pediatric cases are rare.^3-4

The patients frequently present with an enlargement of a cervical lymph node. Generalized lymphadenopathy has been reported in 0% to 22% of cases,¹ and splenomegaly has been reported in a few cases.⁵ Unilateral neck involvement is dominant, with nodes in the posterior cervical triangle (level V)⁴ and jugular lymph node (level II).⁶ Affected lymph nodes have been found in all parts of the body, eg, in the parotid, supraclavicular fossa, and mediastinal regions and in extracervical areas (axillary³ and abdominal lymphadenopathy⁷). Fever is a common feature.³ There are no significant clinical or biologic signs.^{2, 4} On general . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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