A Case of Kimura's Disease.
- Author:
Tae Ho PARK
1
;
Seung Il KIM
;
Jae Hak YOO
;
Kea Jeung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Kimura's disease;
Triamcinolone
- MeSH:
Adult;
Biopsy;
Cheek;
Dermis;
Eosinophils;
Germinal Center;
Histiocytes;
Humans;
Lymphocytes;
Mastoid;
Plasma Cells;
Skin;
Triamcinolone
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2000;38(10):1404-1405
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Kimura's disease is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder with slowly enlarging subcutaneous masses. We report a case of Kimura's disease in a 33-year-old man who had such disease since childhood. He had asymptomatic variable sized, skin colored subcutaneous masses on the left cheek, both mastoid area, right epicanthus, and right parotid area. A biopsy specimen showed many lymphoid follicles with germinal center in dermis and a dense infiltration composed of small lymphocytes, plasma cells, histiocytes, and eosinophils. He was treated with triamcinolone intra-lesional injections(10 mg/ml).
