Introduction: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), also called histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a rare that occurs with swollen lymph nodes and associated fever. This in both children adults. Aim: The aim of our work was to review the literature remind family doctors, otolaryngologists, hematologists rheumatologists about this should be included differential diagnosis long-term cervical lym...

Tuberculous lymphadenitis continues to be one of the most common causes of lymphadenitis. FNAC avoids the physical and psychological trauma occasionally encountered after biopsy, general anaesthesia, a surgical operation and hospitalisation. We wanted to study the utility and limitations of FNAC in tuberculous lymphadenitis. Total 1272 FNAC cases with enlarged superficial lymphnodes were includ...

To aid in the initial diagnosis of Kikuchi lymphadenitis and to assess whether the composition of the T cells might shed light on the pathogenesis, we used nested polymerase chain reaction tests followed by high-resolution gel electrophoresis to determine the pattern of T-cell antigen receptor rearrangement in 56 consecutive cases. Except for 1 unusual case with recurrent lymphadenopathy, none ...

Background. Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is typically a self-limited, benign illness which presents with fever and lymphadenopathy. It is rare in Caucasians, normally occurring in those of Asian descent. The aetiology is poorly understood, but it appears to be an autoimmune disorder with a possible infectious trigger. The clinical features are such that it is often mistaken for infectious dis...

UNLABELLED Kikuchi-Fujimoto (KD) disease is the rare differential diagnoses of chronic cervical lymphadenopathy of unknown etiology. The findings of histopathology may be overlapping, in such condition immunohistochemistry has a definite role to play. Since Tubercular lymphadenopathy is the commonest cause for chronic cervical lymphadenopathy in developing and tropical country like India. Occas...

BACKGROUND The QuantiFERON-TB-Gold Test (QFT) is more specific than the Mantoux skin-test to discriminate between Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections. Here we study the performance of the QFT in patients with NTM disease. METHODS From 2005 to 2011, nationwide patient data on positive NTM cultures (n = 925) were combined with nationwide data on Q...

Objectives. Tuberculous lymphadenitis is the most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) with a female and paediatric preponderance, postulated to be due to differences in the immune response. The aim of this study was to analyze the differences in the serum cytokine levels of tuberculous lymphadenitis patients with respect to age and gender. Methods. A multiplex bead-based enzyme-link...

Between January 1990 and December 1991, 100 cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis were identified at the General Hospital Kota Bharu representing 11% of all the newly diagnosed tuberculosis. It was commonest in the third decade of life and the sites involved were the lymph nodes (34%), osteoarticular (14%), miliary (12%) and pleura (10%). Tuberculous lymphadenitis appears to be more common in fe...