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Kikuchi disease (histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis) in association with HTLV1

✍ Scribed by V. BATAILLE; C.C. HARLAND; J. BEHRENS; M.G. COOK; C.A. HOLDEN

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
891 KB
Volume
136
Category
Article
ISSN
0007-0963

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✦ Synopsis

We report a 25-year-old male with fever, generalized lymphadenopathy and an erythematosus maculo-papular eruption affecting face and upper body. A diagnosis of Kikuchi disease (necrotizing histiocytic lymphadenitis) was made on lymph node histology. The patient was found to be positive for the human T-cell leukaemia lymphoma virus (HTLV1). Kikuchi disease has been reported in association with infections such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), herpes (HHV6) and toxoplasmosis, but to our knowledge this is the first case of Kikuchi disease associated with HTLV1.

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