Kimura disease in larynx: big lesion with soft symptoms

CT of Kimura disease.

Kimura is credited with first describing a condition-eosinophilic granuloma of the soft tissue-that subsequently has been given his name. Since then, more than 500 cases have been reported in review series, mainly in the Chinese and Japanese literature [1]. The disease occurs only in Orientals, and more than 80% of these patients are male. Presentation may occur over a wide age range, but it is...

Larynx and Esophageal Lesions in Herpetic Disease

Les Lesions Laryngees et oesophayiennes de la maladie herpetique ant ete decrit recem­ment sur 5 cas (Annales de radiologie).  Ces lesions ont evolue vers une stenose orga­nique de l'oesophage dans 3 cas. L'aspzct radiologique de ces stenoses et lear evolution sont tres pronches des stenoses caustiques.  Un cas personnel de stenose oesophagienne de Ce meme type, 3 ans apres une episode aigue ...

Kimura Disease and Angiolymphoid

Kimura Disease Involving a Caruncle

A 35-year-old woman presented with history of a painless, slow-growing nodule in a left eye caruncle over the last 2 months. The visual acuity was 20 / 20 and the ocular movements were in the normal range. The venereal disease research laboratory test, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, serum angiotensin converting enzyme level, and chest radiograph were all normal. An excisional biopsy was done t...

Treatment of Kimura disease with mycophenolate mofetil monotherapy

ALHE: angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia KD: Kimura disease MMF: mycophenolate mofetil INTRODUCTION Kimura disease (KD) is a rare idiopathic condition that presents as solitary or multiple painless subcutaneous masses in the head and neck region. It may also involve extracutaneous sites, such as regional lymph nodes, major salivary glands, and the kidneys. Most cases reported occurred ...