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A Case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in a 7-Year-Old African American Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Patient: Female, 7-year-old Final Diagnosis: Kikuchi-Fujimoto lymphadenitis Symptoms: Lymphadenopathy Medication:— Clinical Procedure: Biopsy Specialty: Immunology • Rheumatology OBJECTIVE: Rare disease BACKGROUND: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a rare self-limited necrotizing lymphadenitis which...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7476743/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32830793 http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.922784 |
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author | Kim, Liyoung Tatarina-Numlan, Oksana Yin, Yongmei D. John, Minnie Sundaram, Revathy |
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description | Patient: Female, 7-year-old Final Diagnosis: Kikuchi-Fujimoto lymphadenitis Symptoms: Lymphadenopathy Medication:— Clinical Procedure: Biopsy Specialty: Immunology • Rheumatology OBJECTIVE: Rare disease BACKGROUND: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a rare self-limited necrotizing lymphadenitis which is likely under-diagnosed in pediatric patients who present with fever of unknown origin and lymphadenopathy. Definitive diagnosis is challenging as it requires an invasive open lymph node biopsy or lymph node needle aspiration cytology that shows pathologic findings of histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis. CASE REPORT: We report the case of one of the youngest patients diagnosed with KFD in the United States, at the age of 7 years. KFD has a higher prevalence in patients of Asian descent, but this patient was an African American. This case report shows the often convoluted and complicated course these patients undergo with their presenting complaints of fever of unknown origin and lymphadenopathy and highlights particular clinical findings that suggest KFD. CONCLUSIONS: This patient is one of the youngest persons diagnosed with KFD in the United States, with an atypical ethnic background. It is likely that KFD is under-recognized and under-diagnosed in this population. With a broad differential diagnosis for fever of unknown origin and lymphadenopathy, awareness of KFD as a potential diagnosis may reduce other unnecessary investigations. The increased risk of patients with KFD of developing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) accentuates the importance of an accurate diagnosis and appropriate referral for heightened surveillance after recovery. |
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spelling | pubmed-74767432020-09-16 A Case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in a 7-Year-Old African American Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature Kim, Liyoung Tatarina-Numlan, Oksana Yin, Yongmei D. John, Minnie Sundaram, Revathy Am J Case Rep Articles Patient: Female, 7-year-old Final Diagnosis: Kikuchi-Fujimoto lymphadenitis Symptoms: Lymphadenopathy Medication:— Clinical Procedure: Biopsy Specialty: Immunology • Rheumatology OBJECTIVE: Rare disease BACKGROUND: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a rare self-limited necrotizing lymphadenitis which is likely under-diagnosed in pediatric patients who present with fever of unknown origin and lymphadenopathy. Definitive diagnosis is challenging as it requires an invasive open lymph node biopsy or lymph node needle aspiration cytology that shows pathologic findings of histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis. CASE REPORT: We report the case of one of the youngest patients diagnosed with KFD in the United States, at the age of 7 years. KFD has a higher prevalence in patients of Asian descent, but this patient was an African American. This case report shows the often convoluted and complicated course these patients undergo with their presenting complaints of fever of unknown origin and lymphadenopathy and highlights particular clinical findings that suggest KFD. CONCLUSIONS: This patient is one of the youngest persons diagnosed with KFD in the United States, with an atypical ethnic background. It is likely that KFD is under-recognized and under-diagnosed in this population. With a broad differential diagnosis for fever of unknown origin and lymphadenopathy, awareness of KFD as a potential diagnosis may reduce other unnecessary investigations. The increased risk of patients with KFD of developing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) accentuates the importance of an accurate diagnosis and appropriate referral for heightened surveillance after recovery. International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2020-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7476743/ /pubmed/32830793 http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.922784 Text en © Am J Case Rep, 2020 This work is licensed under Creative Common Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ) |
spellingShingle | Articles Kim, Liyoung Tatarina-Numlan, Oksana Yin, Yongmei D. John, Minnie Sundaram, Revathy A Case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in a 7-Year-Old African American Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
title | A Case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in a 7-Year-Old African American Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
title_full | A Case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in a 7-Year-Old African American Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
title_fullStr | A Case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in a 7-Year-Old African American Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in a 7-Year-Old African American Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
title_short | A Case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in a 7-Year-Old African American Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
title_sort | case of kikuchi-fujimoto disease in a 7-year-old african american patient: a case report and review of literature |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7476743/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32830793 http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.922784 |
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