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Kikuchi‑Fujimoto disease

Aneta Kołodziej‑Kłęk, Renata Orłowska‑Florek, Krystyna Gałązka, Marek Grzywa
Published online: December 01, 2009

We present the case of a 27‑year‑old woman with local cervical lymphadenopathy without other symptoms. Due to a gradual progression of lesions, a biopsy was performed, and a specimen excised from an enlarged lymph node was subjected to histological examination. Kikuchi‑Fujimoto disease (KFD), that is histiocytic necrotizing lymhadenitis, was diagnosed. Lymphadenopathy resolved without medical treatment over 6 months. KFD should be considered in the differential diagnosis of lymphadenopathy, even though this disease rarely occurs in Poland.

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