IMPORTANCE Benign granulomatous disease may mimic malignant disease in the evaluation of mediastinal or pulmonary lesions. However, histoplasmosis as a cause of cervical lymphadenopathy is relatively rare. We report the first case of Histoplasma infection mimicking malignant adenopathy discovered during diagnostic thyroid lobectomy. OBSERVATIONS A 2.5-cm, calcified, right paratracheal lymph n...

An 11 year old Chinese boy developed a unilateral cervical mass associated with pronounced eosinophilia and a marked increase in IgE concentrations. A biopsy sample showed massive eosinophilic tissue infiltration consistent with Kimura's disease. This disorder should be suspected when the clinical triad of painless unilateral cervical adenopathy, hypereosinophilia, and hyper-IgE is present, par...

introduction kikuchi-fujimoto disease (kfd) is a benign, self-limited, inflammatory disorder, first reported in japan. this condition is more prevalent among women and typically occurs in the third decade of life. it normally manifests as persistent, isolated cervical adenopathy with a recurrence rate of 3%. the identification of this condition is of high significance, given the risk of misdiag...

Benign lymphoepithelial parotid neoplasm with associated cervical adenopathy is a newly described head and neck manifestation of HIV infection, characterized previously as purely cystic masses on both CT and MR evaluations. The CT and MR findings in nine cases of surgically proved benign lymphoepithelial parotid lesions are presented. Five (56%) of the nine cases demonstrated masses that appear...

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...

Kimura’s disease is a rare, benign, chronic inflammatory disease with an unknown etiology, which predominantly affects Asian males. It has predilection for the head and neck region, and primarily involves the major salivary glands and is accompanied with loco-regional lymphadenopathy. It is therefore often misdiagnosed for a salivary gland tumor or lymphadenopathy secondary to metastases, lymph...

A 22-year-old woman with no personal history came to the hospital due to fever and cervical lateral adenopathy which started 15 days prior. Laboratory tests show leukopenia 2800 per mm3 (with no lymphopenia), normocytic, normochromic anemia (hemoglobin 11 g/dl, hematocrit 34%, mean corpuscular volume 85.9, mean corpuscular hemoglobin 28.6 pg) and ESR 85 mm/h. The blood chemistry and urine sedim...