Intraparotid Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease with Persistence of Disease: A Case Report

✍ Scribed by Bob B. Armin; Sunita M. Bhuta; Claudia Kirsch; Renee Penn; Vishad Nabili; Elliot Abemayor

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 684 KB
• Volume: 119
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0023-852X
• DOI: 10.1002/lary.20450

✦ Synopsis

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is an uncommon, idiopathic, generally self-limiting cause of lymphadenopathy. It commonly presents with cervical lymphadenopathy in Asian females, and typically runs a benign course that resolves spontaneously in weeks to months. The disease can be mistaken for lymphoma or lupus, and disease recurrence is unusual.

Most common clinical manifestations include:

Cervical lymphadenopathy Fever Flulike prodrome