Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis
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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 findings. Kettering Cancer Center in a letter to the The exact nature of the cells aro4ind the editor of the American Journal of Surgical necrotic foci must remain in doubt. ProPathology.9 In response to this,10 I professor Dorfman's study2 suggested in the posed the eponym "Kikuchi's disease," and one case examined that the cells staining I am pleased to note the positive reaction to positively with T cell markers around the this suggestion. necrotic foci were cytotoxic/suppressor T
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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...
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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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