Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease--a case report.

نویسندگان

Ghazala Mehdi

Veena Maheshwari

Priti Sood

Hasan Haris

چکیده

The etiology of cervical lymphadenopathy is multifactorial including infections and tumoral lesions. Histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis or Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease is a rare cause of cervical lymphadenopathy which does not have specific clinical signs. We report herewith a case of Kikuchi's disease (KD) diagnosed by histopathology.

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