Kawasaki disease (KD) is a vasculitis that mostly affects children under 5 years of age. This article presents a 2.5-year-old boy who presented with 6 days of fever, generalized maculopapular rash, bilateral non-exudative conjunctivitis, cracked lips, right cervical lymphadenopathy, erythematous extremities, and perianal desquamation. Laboratory studies showed leukocytosis and sterile pyuria. B...

This article provides an overview for evaluation and management of the pediatric patient with cervical lymphadenopathy. A thorough history and physical examination are crucial in developing a differential diagnosis for these patients. Although infectious causes of lymphadenopathy are more prevalent in the pediatric population compared with adults, neoplasms should also be considered. Judicious ...

INTRODUCTION To review the pathology of lymph node biopsies removed from patients with primary cervical lymphadenopathy. METHODS A 20 (1987-2006) year retrospective study of all patients who had lymph node biopsy; in the Department of Pathology and Haematology, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria. RESULTS Of 357 lymph node biopsies accessioned, 68 (19.0%) cases were i...

BACKGROUND This study aims to evaluate the etiology of cervical lymphadenopathies in children and define significance demographic, clinical, laboratory features prediction malignancy. METHODS Medical records 527 patients were reviewed retrospectively between 2015 2019. The examined terms demographics, radiologic, serologic findings. A lymph node biopsy was performed selected patients. risk fact...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common cause of cervical lymphadenopathy in the TB-endemic zone, like India but it can also mimic other diseases. Four cases of cervical lymphadenopathy presented to us as initial treatment failure after completion of six months of antitubercular drugs (ATD), including rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol. All were diagnosed as having tuberculosis ei...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the possible association between Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and cervical lymphadenopathy in cases diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology. STUDY DESIGN Among the patients referred to our laboratory for ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology of thyroid nodules (USG-FNAC), cases of HT associated with cervical lymphadenopathy were evaluated. RESULTS Betwe...

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.