Bilateral pleural effusion and interstitial lung disease as unusual manifestations of kikuchi-fujimoto disease: case report and literature review

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease (KFD), also called histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a rare, idiopathic and self-limited condition usually characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy and fever, most often affecting young patien...

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Main Authors: Magdalena Fernandez-Martinez, Bernardo-Galán Pilar, Taboada-Gomez Jorge, Garcia-Zamalloa Alberto, Zaldumbide-Dueñas Laura, Ugarte-Maiztegui Mario
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-11-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2466/10/54