Kimura disease: No age or ethnicity limit.

نویسندگان

  • Fares E AlGhamdi
  • Talal A Al-Khatib
  • Hani Z Marzouki
  • Mohammed A AlGarni
چکیده

Kimura disease is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly manifests as a lump in the cervical region. Although the underlying pathophysiology is not clear yet, the diagnosis can be established based on specific histopathological characteristics. The first case of this disease was described in China, as well as the majority of subsequent cases that were also described in the Far East countries made Kimura disease traditionally a disease of adult patients of Asian descent. This report describes the occurrence of Kimura disease in pediatric non-Asian patient with a similar clinicopathologic presentation.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Saudi medical journal

دوره 37 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016