Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease (Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis) associated with aseptic meningitis
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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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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Rheumatology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0973-3698
DOI: 10.4103/injr.injr_119_17