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Kikuchi-fujimoto disease, the masquerading menace: A rare case report

Author(s) -

Dilip Kachhawa,

Rohit Kataria,

Pankaj Rao,

VinodK Jain,

RajatK Tuteja,

Manish Vijayvargiya

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

indian journal of dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395

H-Index - 36

eISSN - 1998-3611

pISSN - 0019-5154

DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.182465

Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , dermatology , cervical lymphadenopathy , disease , lymph node biopsy , joint pain , biopsy , pathology , weakness , surgery

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) or histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis is a rare, benign, self-limiting disease with unknown etiology characterized by regional lymphadenopathy. A 30-year-old female presented with fever, weakness, multiple joint pain, oral ulcers, erythematous facial rashes, hemorrhagic crusting on both lips, and cervical lymphadenopathy of 2-month duration. Clinically, the disease was mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus, but immunofluorescence was negative for it. Lymph node biopsy suggested a diagnosis of KFD

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