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Kikuchi Disease-Like Inflammatory Pattern in Cutaneous Inflammatory Infiltrates Without Lymph Node Involvement: A New Clue for the Diagnosis of Lupus?
Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a rare and benign disorder that usually occurs in young adults with enlarged lymph nodes containing infiltrate of cytotoxic T cells and nuclear debris. It can be a manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) although the strength of this association has vari...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4652827/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26579818 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000002065 |
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author | Thai, Lan-Huong Ingen-Housz-Oro, Saskia Godeau, Bertrand Rethers, Luc Wolkenstein, Pierre Limal, Nicolas Papillon, Virginie Kapfer, Jean Chosidow, Olivier Ortonne, Nicolas |
author_facet | Thai, Lan-Huong Ingen-Housz-Oro, Saskia Godeau, Bertrand Rethers, Luc Wolkenstein, Pierre Limal, Nicolas Papillon, Virginie Kapfer, Jean Chosidow, Olivier Ortonne, Nicolas |
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description | Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a rare and benign disorder that usually occurs in young adults with enlarged lymph nodes containing infiltrate of cytotoxic T cells and nuclear debris. It can be a manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) although the strength of this association has varied among studies. Although specific KFD cutaneous lesions are well described, pure cutaneous lesions have never been reported. We studied a series of patients prospectively entered into a database between 2007 and 2014 with skin biopsies showing diffuse or localized inflammatory infiltrates reminiscent of cutaneous KFD, without lymph-node-related KFD. We called these skin lesions “Kikuchi disease-like inflammatory pattern” (KLIP). Twenty-nine patients, whose median age was 49 years at the time of skin biopsy, were selected and retrospectively analyzed using standardized clinical and histology charts. In skin biopsies, KLIP was localized to restricted areas within the inflammatory infiltrate (17%) or diffuse (83%), and was the only histological finding (45%) or accompanied interface dermatitis with or without dermal mucinosis (55%). Clinical dermatological findings varied widely. A definite diagnosis could be established for 24 patients: 75% had connective tissue diseases or vasculitis, mainly cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) (n = 16, 67%), including 5 SLE with satisfying American College of Rheumatology criteria; 3 of the remaining patients had malignant hemopathies. CLE patients were mostly young females with acute (n = 5), subacute (n = 4), or chronic CLE (n = 6) or lupus tumidus (n = 1). Two were classified as having anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha–induced lupus. Because two-thirds of these patients were finally diagnosed with CLE, we think that KLIP may represent a new histopathological clue for the diagnosis of lupus based on skin biopsy, requiring clinical-immunological comparison to make the correct diagnosis. KLIP should not be considered a variant of classical KFD, but rather as an elementary pattern of cutaneous inflammation, that might be the expression of the same cytotoxic process within skin infiltrates as that involved in KFD. This lesion might reflect a particular T-cell-mediated autoimmune process directed against mononuclear cells within cutaneous lupus infiltrates. |
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spelling | pubmed-46528272015-12-03 Kikuchi Disease-Like Inflammatory Pattern in Cutaneous Inflammatory Infiltrates Without Lymph Node Involvement: A New Clue for the Diagnosis of Lupus? Thai, Lan-Huong Ingen-Housz-Oro, Saskia Godeau, Bertrand Rethers, Luc Wolkenstein, Pierre Limal, Nicolas Papillon, Virginie Kapfer, Jean Chosidow, Olivier Ortonne, Nicolas Medicine (Baltimore) Observational Study Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a rare and benign disorder that usually occurs in young adults with enlarged lymph nodes containing infiltrate of cytotoxic T cells and nuclear debris. It can be a manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) although the strength of this association has varied among studies. Although specific KFD cutaneous lesions are well described, pure cutaneous lesions have never been reported. We studied a series of patients prospectively entered into a database between 2007 and 2014 with skin biopsies showing diffuse or localized inflammatory infiltrates reminiscent of cutaneous KFD, without lymph-node-related KFD. We called these skin lesions “Kikuchi disease-like inflammatory pattern” (KLIP). Twenty-nine patients, whose median age was 49 years at the time of skin biopsy, were selected and retrospectively analyzed using standardized clinical and histology charts. In skin biopsies, KLIP was localized to restricted areas within the inflammatory infiltrate (17%) or diffuse (83%), and was the only histological finding (45%) or accompanied interface dermatitis with or without dermal mucinosis (55%). Clinical dermatological findings varied widely. A definite diagnosis could be established for 24 patients: 75% had connective tissue diseases or vasculitis, mainly cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) (n = 16, 67%), including 5 SLE with satisfying American College of Rheumatology criteria; 3 of the remaining patients had malignant hemopathies. CLE patients were mostly young females with acute (n = 5), subacute (n = 4), or chronic CLE (n = 6) or lupus tumidus (n = 1). Two were classified as having anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha–induced lupus. Because two-thirds of these patients were finally diagnosed with CLE, we think that KLIP may represent a new histopathological clue for the diagnosis of lupus based on skin biopsy, requiring clinical-immunological comparison to make the correct diagnosis. KLIP should not be considered a variant of classical KFD, but rather as an elementary pattern of cutaneous inflammation, that might be the expression of the same cytotoxic process within skin infiltrates as that involved in KFD. This lesion might reflect a particular T-cell-mediated autoimmune process directed against mononuclear cells within cutaneous lupus infiltrates. Wolters Kluwer Health 2015-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4652827/ /pubmed/26579818 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000002065 Text en Copyright © 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0, where it is permissible to download, share and reproduce the work in any medium, provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
spellingShingle | Observational Study Thai, Lan-Huong Ingen-Housz-Oro, Saskia Godeau, Bertrand Rethers, Luc Wolkenstein, Pierre Limal, Nicolas Papillon, Virginie Kapfer, Jean Chosidow, Olivier Ortonne, Nicolas Kikuchi Disease-Like Inflammatory Pattern in Cutaneous Inflammatory Infiltrates Without Lymph Node Involvement: A New Clue for the Diagnosis of Lupus? |
title | Kikuchi Disease-Like Inflammatory Pattern in Cutaneous Inflammatory Infiltrates Without Lymph Node Involvement: A New Clue for the Diagnosis of Lupus? |
title_full | Kikuchi Disease-Like Inflammatory Pattern in Cutaneous Inflammatory Infiltrates Without Lymph Node Involvement: A New Clue for the Diagnosis of Lupus? |
title_fullStr | Kikuchi Disease-Like Inflammatory Pattern in Cutaneous Inflammatory Infiltrates Without Lymph Node Involvement: A New Clue for the Diagnosis of Lupus? |
title_full_unstemmed | Kikuchi Disease-Like Inflammatory Pattern in Cutaneous Inflammatory Infiltrates Without Lymph Node Involvement: A New Clue for the Diagnosis of Lupus? |
title_short | Kikuchi Disease-Like Inflammatory Pattern in Cutaneous Inflammatory Infiltrates Without Lymph Node Involvement: A New Clue for the Diagnosis of Lupus? |
title_sort | kikuchi disease-like inflammatory pattern in cutaneous inflammatory infiltrates without lymph node involvement: a new clue for the diagnosis of lupus? |
topic | Observational Study |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4652827/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26579818 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000002065 |
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