Case Report: Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis (Kikuchi–Fujimoto Disease) Concurrent With Aseptic Meningitis

Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis: A Case Report

Introduction: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease or histocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis is a rare, benign, self-limited condition characterized by constitutional symptoms, lymphadenopathy, and skin lesions and often affects young adult females.The etiology is unknown although viruses and autoimmune mechanisms has been suggested. Diagnosis is fundamentally based on the affected lymph node biopsy.The pat...

[Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis: report of a case].

Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis (also known as Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease) is an uncommon, benign and self-limiting lymph disease. We report three patients aged 14, 22 and 50 years, who presented with fever and cervical lymphadenopathy, accompanied by skin lesions and joint pain in two of the three cases. One of the patient's sister suffered from histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis. Lab...

[A case of necrotizing lymphadenitis associated with aseptic meningitis].

histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis: a case report

introduction: kikuchi-fujimoto disease or histocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis is a rare, benign, self-limited condition characterized by constitutional symptoms, lymphadenopathy, and skin lesions and often affects young adult females.the etiology is unknown although viruses and autoimmune mechanisms has been suggested. diagnosis is fundamentally based on the affected lymph node biopsy.the pati...

Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis

hyperimmune reaction to We stained our material using the an unknown aetiological agent such as a napthol-ASD-chloroacetate method, but virus. were unable to identify any convincingly Our use of the "unqualified term necropositive cells or debris. Feller et al' also used tizing lymphadenitis" was criticised by Dr this technique but do not mention any posiJM Woodruff of the Memorial Sloantive fi...