Association Kikuchi disease with Hashimoto thyroiditis: a case report and literature review

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a benign and self-limited disease characterized by fever and lymphadenopathy. The etiology of KFD is unknown, but an autoimmune cause has been suggested. Hashimoto thyroiditis is the most common autoimmune thyroid disorder in children and is known to be associated w...

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Autores principales: Lee, Eun Joo, Lee, Hae Sang, Park, Jun Eun, Hwang, Jin Soon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6057018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29969882
http://dx.doi.org/10.6065/apem.2018.23.2.99
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Sumario:Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a benign and self-limited disease characterized by fever and lymphadenopathy. The etiology of KFD is unknown, but an autoimmune cause has been suggested. Hashimoto thyroiditis is the most common autoimmune thyroid disorder in children and is known to be associated with other autoimmune diseases. Only a few cases of Hashimoto thyroiditis associated with KFD have been documented. We report a case of a 16-year-old girl who was first diagnosed with KFD and developed Hashimoto thyroiditis 2 years and 6 months later during her follow-up period. Physicians of patients with KFD should consider the possibility of autoimmune diseases like Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.

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