CT Findings of Kimura’s Disease Involving Thorax: Case Report
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disease of unknown etiology that occurs primarily in Orientals of young to middle age (1-4). Patients usually present with subcutaneous or soft tissue masses of the head and neck, often with involvement of the salivary glands and regional lymph nodes (5). The condition is characterized pathologically by the presence of lymphfolliculoid granuloma with infiltration of the mass and surrounding tissues by eosinophils (1-4). Since its prognosis is good, accurate diagnosis after lymph node biopsy may spare patients from unnecessary radical surgery (1, 5). Thoracic manifestation of the disease is known to be rare (6). The purpose of this report is to describe a case of Kimura’s disease involving the thoracic area and demonstrated by computed tomography (CT).
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