An Unusual Clinical Presentation of Kimura's Disease Occurring on the Buttock of a Five-year-old Boy.
- Author:
Won Jun CHOI
1
;
Jae HUR
;
Joo Yeon KO
;
Kwang Yeoll YEO
;
Joung Soo KIM
;
Hee Joon YU
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Buttock; Kimura's disease; Preschool child
- MeSH: Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Buttocks; Child, Preschool; Eosinophilia; Head; Humans; Immunoglobulin E; Immunoglobulins; Male; Neck
- From:Annals of Dermatology 2010;22(1):57-60
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Kimura's disease is a rare inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology primarily seen in young Asian males. It is characterized by painless subcutaneous masses, blood and tissue eosinophilia, and markedly elevated serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels. Clinically, the subcutaneous nodules occur predominantly in the head and neck. However, we report the case of a five-year-old boy presenting with an asymptomatic solitary brown pigmented nodule on the left buttock diagnosed with Kimura's disease. Here we describe the diagnosis and treatment of this unusual case.
