Subacute Necrotizing Lymphadenitis in a 3 Year-Old Male Child.
- Author:
You Mee HEO
1
;
Seong Koo KIM
;
Young Ah LEE
;
Dae Gil LEE
;
Ha Ju CHOI
;
Woo Kap CHUNG
;
Jung Won SHIM
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis;
Kikuchi's disease
- MeSH:
Child*;
Child, Preschool*;
Eosinophils;
Female;
Fever;
Granulocytes;
Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis;
Humans;
Japan;
Lymph Nodes;
Lymphadenitis*;
Lymphatic Diseases;
Lymphoma;
Male*;
Plasma Cells;
Strikes, Employee
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
1996;39(10):1443-1447
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis is a benign form of lymphadenitis that was first described in Japan by Kikuchi in 1972. It mainly affects young women and usually manifests as fever and lymphadenopathy. Although it is a benign self-limited lymphadenitis, it has been misdiagnosed as malignant lymphoma. Histologically, involved lymph nodes contain a necrotizing process characterized by patch, well-circumscribed area with eosinophilic fibrinoid material. There is a striking degree of karyorrhexis and an absence of granulocyte with paucity of plasma cell. We expereinced a case of subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis in a 3 year old boy. There was spontaneous resolution of fever and lymphadenopathy, and now he keeps doing well.
