Background: Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in India and one of the main causes of lymphadenopathy. However, anti-tubercular treatment cannot be given only on clinical suspicion. Cytomorphology with acid fast staining proves to be a valuable tool in diagnosing these cases. Aim: To assess the role of FNAC in diagnosing tuberculous lymphadenitis and also to study the role of repeat ...

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a self-limiting, benign, and rare systemic lymphadenitis with unknown etiology. The cardinal symptoms are fever, lymphadenopathy and night sweat; consequently, it is first necessary to rule out infectious, lymphoproliferative, and connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus. Histology can allow...

We report a case of Kikuchi Fujimoto disease in a 34-y-old woman, with emphasis on the clinical picture and pathologic findings.

The authors present a case of Kikuchi's disease associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and autoimmune-like hepatitis. Kikuchi's disease, or histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis is occasionally associated with SLE and mildly elevated aminotransferases. A 17-year old woman presented with fever, arthritis and bilateral cervical adenopathy. Histopathological and immunohistochemical exa...

Introduction Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is a rare histiocytic proliferative disorder of unknown etiology. Usually it presents with massive painless cervical lymph node enlargement. Histologically, it shows proliferation of distinctive histiocytic cells that demonstrate emperipolesis in the background of a mixed inflammatory infiltrates. Immunohistochemically, the cells are positive for markers...

Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis (also known as Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease) is an uncommon, benign and self-limiting lymph disease. We report three patients aged 14, 22 and 50 years, who presented with fever and cervical lymphadenopathy, accompanied by skin lesions and joint pain in two of the three cases. One of the patient's sister suffered from histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis. Lab...

Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, or Kikuchi's lymphadenitis (KL), is an unusual form of lymphadenitis, generally with self-limited clinical course. KL has been reported in rare patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Pathogenesis of the lesion is probably related to an impaired immune function. The purpose of the present article is to report on one case in which KL ...

Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease (KFD), also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a rare and generally self-limiting of uncertain etiology that presents with fever cervical lymphadenopathy in both the pediatric adult populations. Here, we present case 5-year-old male who presented acute onset which was initially diagnosed managed staphylococcal lymphadenitis. He underwent an excisional bi...