Treatment of Kimura disease with mycophenolate mofetil monotherapy
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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 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAAD Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2352-5126
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2017.04.010