A Case of Kikuchi's Disease Presenting with Unique Facial Involvement.
- Author:
Young Soo HEO
1
;
Soo Bin SON
;
Jeong Eun KIM
;
Chil Hwan OH
;
Hae Jun SONG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Cutaneous involvement; Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis; Kikuchi's disease
- MeSH: Arthritis; Female; Fever; Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis; Humans; Lymphatic Diseases; Skin; Skin Manifestations
- From:Annals of Dermatology 2010;22(2):196-198
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Kikuchi's disease (KD), or histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a rare, self-limited lymphadenopathy, typically in young women, that usually remits spontaneously and does not recur. KD is clinically characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy and a high fever. Extranodal involvement (skin, arthritis, meningitis) rarely occurs. When KD is involved in a skin lesion, it presents with various shapes, but rarely manifests with symmetrically distributed, erythematous, firm nodules only on the face. In this report, we describe a patient with KD and unique skin manifestations.
