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Necrotizing fasciitis in rheumatic diseases

Lupus, 2006
Necrotizing fasciitis is an uncommon but life-threatening complication in immunocompromised hosts. We reported four patients with rheumatic diseases complicated by necrotizing fasciitis and reviewed 14 others from literature search. Most patients were on corticosteroid treatment.
Lau, CS, Wong, WS, Tang, WM, Chan, TM, Wong, SY, Mok, MY   +5 more
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Necrotizing fasciitis in Crohn's disease

European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2001
We report a case of a 34-year-old woman, presenting initially with anaemia followed by sacro-iliac pain, and subsequently found to have necrotizing fasciitis complicating Crohn's disease where the organisms were introduced via a fistulous tract. It is perhaps surprising that this is not a more common complication of fistulating Crohn's disease, but we ...
S J, Panter, M G, Bramble, J R, Bell
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Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis (Kikuchi's Disease)

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1991
Histiocytic necrotizing lymphandenitis (HNL), or Kikuchi's disease, is a newly recognized disease of unknown origin that causes cervical lymphadenitis, usually in young women. Initially described in Japan, cases of HNL are being reported in the United States and other western countries with increasing frequency.
J F, Piccirillo, D C, Lanza, E A, Stasio, P J, Moloy   +3 more
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HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS (KIKUCHI'S DISEASE)

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 1986
Abstract We report a typical case of histiocic necrotizing lymphadenitis. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case in Australasia. Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis (Kikuchi's disease) is a distinct disorder originally reported in Japan. It commonly affects young females and involves mainly cervical lymph nodes.
D D, Ma, R R, Hollis, L, Delbridge
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Necrotizing lymphadenitis of the neck (Kikuchi's disease)

APMIS, 1994
Kikuchi's histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis is a benign condition originally described in the Japanese literature in 1972. We here describe the clinicopathological features, including fine needle aspirate and bone marrow biopsy, of a case of Kikuchki's disease, which to our knowledge is the first reported from a Scandinavian country.
A, Hussein, H B, Hellquist
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