A Case of KiKuchi-Fujimoto Disease/Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis in 25 years old African American Female
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[Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis)].
Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease (histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis) is a benign, self-limited disease of unknown cause that often presents with persistently enlarged cervical lymph nodes that are unresponsive to antibiotic therapy. The disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cervical lymphadenopaty: viral infection, tuberculosis, hyperplastic lymphadenopathy, and metastatic...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2642-1747
DOI: 10.34297/ajbsr.2019.05.000893