A case of Kikuchi's disease(subacute necrotizing lymphocytes).
- Author:
Jakyoung SHIN
;
Yun Jeong LEE
;
Hye Kyoung AHN
;
Chun Wook PARK
;
Cheol Heon LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Kikuchis disease;
Lymphadenitis
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Cell Proliferation;
Eyelids;
Female;
Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis;
Humans;
Lymph Nodes;
Lymphadenitis;
Lymphatic Diseases;
Neck
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1992;30(5):665-668
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Kikuchi's disease is a self-limiting lymphadenitis, predomin;intly of young women who present with cervical lymphadenopathy. We present a case of Kikuchis disease in a 18-year-old female, representing multiple tender subcutaneous mass on her neck, left eyelid and posteriarcuricle. Histopathologically, the biopsied mass was a lymph node showing architectural effacement by necrotic focicomposed of nucear karyorrhexis and mononucl ar cell proliferation.
