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Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease: A Review [PDF]
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2018 Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a rare entity characterized by subacute necrotizing lymphadenopathy and frequently associated with fever. Young adults of Asian ancestry are most commonly affected, but it has been reported worldwide. Despite many studies in the literature, the cause of KFD remains uncertain.
Anamarija M, Perry, Sarah M, Choi
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Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2020 Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is an uncommon lymphohistiocytic disorder that frequently presents with acute or subacute clinical disease course. Cervical lymphadenopathy is the most common involved lymph node.
Chienhsiu Huang MD
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Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2010 Abstract Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, or histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a self-limited condition, characterized by benign lymphadenopathy with associated fevers and systemic symptoms. It most commonly affects adults younger than 40 years of age and of Asian descent.
Charles Blake, Hutchinson, Endi, Wang
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Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in a Crohn’s Patient
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2022 Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a rare, benign, focal, self-limiting disease. We report a unique case of KFD in a patient with coexisting Crohn’s disease. Our patient is a 23-year-old African American female with a past medical history significant for Crohn’s disease who presented to the clinic ...
Danial H. Shaikh +4 more
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Vojnosanitetski pregled, 2003 Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), also know as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a benign disorder characterized histologically by necrotic foci surrounded by histiocytic aggregates, and with the absence of neutrophils. KFD was recognized in Japan, where it was first described in 1972. The disease is most commonly affecting young women. The cause
Đokić Milomir +4 more
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Kikuchi- Fujimoto Disease of Mesenteric Lymph Nodes Mimicking Acute Appendicitis
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2013 Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, or histiocytic necrotising lymphadenopathy of unknown aetiology, is a rare, benign and self-limiting cause of lymphadenopathy often involving the cervical nodes, and rarely presenting with mesenteric lymphadenopathy.
Anne Shrestha +3 more
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Unexplained Fatigue in an Otherwise Healthy Man Linked to Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease, A Case Report
Nepalese Medical Journal, 2021 Kikuchi histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis is a benign and self-limited illness usually characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy and fever. We present a case of a 42-year male who complained of extreme fatigue for 2 weeks.
Vivek Pant +2 more
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Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease involving retroperitoneal lymph nodes: An uncommon presentation
Hematology Reports, 2021 Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is a self-limited disease of unknown etiology that is clinically defined by fevers accompanied by tender posterior cervical lymphadenopathy.
Jane Date Hon +5 more
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Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease can present as delayed lymphadenopathy after COVID-19 vaccination
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022 Following COVID-19 vaccination, ipsilateral axillary and cervical lymphadenopathy may occur, called vaccine-related hypermetabolic lymphadenopathy, which is considered reactive lymphadenopathy.
Takeru Kashiwada +8 more
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Fever with lymphadenopathy – Kikuchi Fujimoto disease, a great masquerader: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2017 Background Kikuchi Fujimoto disease is an uncommon benign condition of necrotizing histiocytic lymphadenitis commonly seen in East Asian and Japanese populations.
Chamara Dalugama +1 more
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