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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, Indika Bandara Gawarammana   +1 more
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Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Associated with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report [PDF]

Case Reports in Medicine, 2010
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is a self-limited benign condition of unknown etiology characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy, fever, and leucopenia. An autoimmune hypothesis has been suggested and an association with systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's ...
Olukayode Onasanya, David Nochlin, Victor Casas, Leema Reddy Peddareddygari, Raji P. Grewal   +4 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, Yoshinobu Saito, Yasuhiro Terasaki, Yukari Shirakura, Kaoruko Shinbu, Toru Tanaka, Yosuke Tanaka, Masahiro Seike, Akihiko Gemma   +8 more
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Kikuchi–Fujimoto Disease Presenting as Autoimmune Limbic Encephalitis: A Case Report with Review of Literature [PDF]

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a rare benign condition associated with fever and lymphadenopathy and was first described by Kikuchi and Fujimoto independently in 1972 as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis.
SB Punith, Ayush Agarwal, Divyani Garg, Ajay Garg, Shamim A Shamim, Saumya Ranjan Mallick, Pranjal Gupta, Achal K Srivastava   +7 more
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Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease in 21-year-old man

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2013
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis is a benign disorder characterized histologically by necrotic foci surrounded by histiocytic aggregates, and with the absence of neutrophils.
Saeid Aminiafshar, Najmeh Namazi, Farhad Abbasi   +2 more
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Management of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Using Glucocorticoid: A Case Report [PDF]

Case Reports in Medicine, 2011
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a self-limiting, benign, and rare systemic lymphadenitis with unknown etiology.
Selim Yalcin, Selami Kocak Toprak, Betul Erismis, Ozden Altundag, Handan Ozdemir, Nuray Topcuoglu   +5 more
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Negative Correlation Between Serum Ferritin and CD4+ Lymphocytes: A Retrospective Study on Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease. [PDF]

Immun Inflamm Dis
This retrospective cohort study indicates that patients with Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease demonstrated immunosuppression characterized by decreased counts of circulating CD3+ and CD4+ lymphocytes. Moreover, serum ferritin levels were inversely correlated with CD4+ lymphocyte counts, suggesting a potential role of ferritin in immune dysregulation in Kikuchi–
Zhong P, Sang X, Yang Y, Wang Z.
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Kikuchi–Fujimoto Disease in a Young Male with Fever Postvascular Surgery

Annals of Rheumatology and Autoimmunity
Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease is a rare self-limiting necrotizing lymphadenitis usually affecting young adults. It commonly presents with tender posterior cervical lymphadenopathy and fever.
Rahul Kumar, Pooja Khosla, Vinus Taneja, Rishikesh Dessai, Manuj Sondhi   +4 more
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Localised Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease With Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy: A Case Initially Mimicking Malignant Lymphoma on Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Cytology. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
We report a rare case of isolated mediastinal Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease (KFD) in a 37‐year‐old woman, which was initially misinterpreted as malignant lymphoma based on EBUS‐TBNA cytology. Definitive diagnosis was achieved through video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery, revealing characteristic massive necrosis and histiocytic infiltration.
Nishiyama K, Hasegawa T, Ishimine T, Nagae R, Shimabukuro T, Nishiyama M, Fukuzato N, Murayama Y, Tamaki K, Kakazu O, Ohta M.   +10 more
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Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease [PDF]

The Lancet, 2014
In February, 2013, a 30-year-old Ugandan-born woman, working in the UK, presented to the accident and emergency department with a 4-week history of arthralgia, fevers, and lethargy, and a recent episode of possible tonsillitis. During the third week of symptoms, she developed epistaxis, periorbital swelling, and rash.
Julian, Dalton, Robert, Shaw, Jane, Democratis   +2 more
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