Kikuchi's Disease: A Rare Cause of Fever and Lymphadenopathy

Kikuchi's Disease: A Rare Cause of Fever and Lymphadenopathy

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Kikuchi's disease is a benign condition that occurs in women. A young woman presented to the hospital with fevers and cervical lymphadenopathy. Infectious work-up was negative except for streptococcus pharyngitis. Imaging studies revealed the presence of diffuse cervical and axillary lymphadeno...

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Main Authors: A Vivekanandarajah, B Krishnarasa, M Hurford, S Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Pathology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CPath.S8685
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spelling doaj-4a3559d5155b4e599468c4c418ffeb2d2020-11-25T01:27:46ZengSAGE PublishingClinical Medicine Insights: Pathology1179-55572012-01-01510.4137/CPath.S8685Kikuchi's Disease: A Rare Cause of Fever and LymphadenopathyA Vivekanandarajah0B Krishnarasa1M Hurford2S Gupta3Fellow in the Department of Hematology and Oncology, Staten Island University Hospital.Fellow in the Department of Hematology and Oncology, Staten Island University Hospital.Fellow in the Department of Hematology and Oncology, Staten Island University Hospital.Fellow in the Department of Hematology and Oncology, Staten Island University Hospital.Kikuchi's disease is a benign condition that occurs in women. A young woman presented to the hospital with fevers and cervical lymphadenopathy. Infectious work-up was negative except for streptococcus pharyngitis. Imaging studies revealed the presence of diffuse cervical and axillary lymphadenopathy. The fevers persisted and she underwent excisional cervical lymph node biopsy that revealed histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis corresponding to a benign diagnosis of Kikuchi's disease. Three months later, the patient was afebrile and there was complete resolution of the cervical lymphadenopathy.https://doi.org/10.4137/CPath.S8685
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Kikuchi's Disease: A Rare Cause of Fever and Lymphadenopathy
Clinical Medicine Insights: Pathology
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title Kikuchi's Disease: A Rare Cause of Fever and Lymphadenopathy
title_short Kikuchi's Disease: A Rare Cause of Fever and Lymphadenopathy
title_full Kikuchi's Disease: A Rare Cause of Fever and Lymphadenopathy
title_fullStr Kikuchi's Disease: A Rare Cause of Fever and Lymphadenopathy
title_full_unstemmed Kikuchi's Disease: A Rare Cause of Fever and Lymphadenopathy
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series Clinical Medicine Insights: Pathology
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publishDate 2012-01-01
description Kikuchi's disease is a benign condition that occurs in women. A young woman presented to the hospital with fevers and cervical lymphadenopathy. Infectious work-up was negative except for streptococcus pharyngitis. Imaging studies revealed the presence of diffuse cervical and axillary lymphadenopathy. The fevers persisted and she underwent excisional cervical lymph node biopsy that revealed histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis corresponding to a benign diagnosis of Kikuchi's disease. Three months later, the patient was afebrile and there was complete resolution of the cervical lymphadenopathy.
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