Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in a Young African American Male

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is an extremely rare, self-limiting disorder which typically presents with fever and painful, unilateral cervical lymphadenopathy in previously healthy individuals. Here, we describe a case of KFD which initially pr...

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Autores principales: Zaghloul, Ahmed, Iorgoveanu, Corina, Polio, Andrew, Desai, Aakash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6007448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29930886
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2508
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author Zaghloul, Ahmed
Iorgoveanu, Corina
Polio, Andrew
Desai, Aakash
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description Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is an extremely rare, self-limiting disorder which typically presents with fever and painful, unilateral cervical lymphadenopathy in previously healthy individuals. Here, we describe a case of KFD which initially presented with fever of unknown origin. Due to its non-specific symptoms and low incidence, KFD poses a diagnostic conundrum for clinicians. Awareness of this disease entity is the key for prompt diagnosis and treatment.
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spelling pubmed-60074482018-06-21 Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in a Young African American Male Zaghloul, Ahmed Iorgoveanu, Corina Polio, Andrew Desai, Aakash Cureus Internal Medicine Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is an extremely rare, self-limiting disorder which typically presents with fever and painful, unilateral cervical lymphadenopathy in previously healthy individuals. Here, we describe a case of KFD which initially presented with fever of unknown origin. Due to its non-specific symptoms and low incidence, KFD poses a diagnostic conundrum for clinicians. Awareness of this disease entity is the key for prompt diagnosis and treatment. Cureus 2018-04-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6007448/ /pubmed/29930886 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2508 Text en Copyright © 2018, Zaghloul et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Internal Medicine
Zaghloul, Ahmed
Iorgoveanu, Corina
Polio, Andrew
Desai, Aakash
Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in a Young African American Male
title Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in a Young African American Male
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title_fullStr Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in a Young African American Male
title_full_unstemmed Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in a Young African American Male
title_short Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in a Young African American Male
title_sort kikuchi-fujimoto disease in a young african american male
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6007448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29930886
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2508
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