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Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Following COVID-19

Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease (KFD) is a rare self-limiting condition of unknown etiology. It is characterized by fever, and lymphadenopathy most commonly involving posterior cervical lymph nodes. Although it is of uncertain etiology, it is associated with viral infections and autoimmune diseases. Distin...

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Autores principales: Al Ghadeer, Hussain A, AlKadhem, Sajjad M, AlMajed, Mohammed S, AlAmer, Hassan M, AlHabeeb, Jaber A, Alomran, Suad H, AlMajed, Abdullah S
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8824308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35155016
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21049
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author Al Ghadeer, Hussain A
AlKadhem, Sajjad M
AlMajed, Mohammed S
AlAmer, Hassan M
AlHabeeb, Jaber A
Alomran, Suad H
AlMajed, Abdullah S
author_facet Al Ghadeer, Hussain A
AlKadhem, Sajjad M
AlMajed, Mohammed S
AlAmer, Hassan M
AlHabeeb, Jaber A
Alomran, Suad H
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description Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease (KFD) is a rare self-limiting condition of unknown etiology. It is characterized by fever, and lymphadenopathy most commonly involving posterior cervical lymph nodes. Although it is of uncertain etiology, it is associated with viral infections and autoimmune diseases. Distinction from lymphadenopathy-associated alternate disorders is crucial to avoid unneeded diagnostic procedures and treatment. KFD is diagnosed based on histopathologic examination of the excised lymph node. The management is supportive with favorable outcomes within a few weeks or months. In this case, we describe a 13-year-old boy who complained of painful cervical lymphadenopathy and fever for more than three weeks following COVID-19. Diagnostic workup has been established and KFD diagnosis made based on the histopathologic features of the involved lymph node. The patient showed complete recovery with no recurrence during follow-up. So, this case highlights the possible association between COVID-19 and KFD during this pandemic and keeping it in the differential diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-88243082022-02-11 Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Following COVID-19 Al Ghadeer, Hussain A AlKadhem, Sajjad M AlMajed, Mohammed S AlAmer, Hassan M AlHabeeb, Jaber A Alomran, Suad H AlMajed, Abdullah S Cureus Pathology Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease (KFD) is a rare self-limiting condition of unknown etiology. It is characterized by fever, and lymphadenopathy most commonly involving posterior cervical lymph nodes. Although it is of uncertain etiology, it is associated with viral infections and autoimmune diseases. Distinction from lymphadenopathy-associated alternate disorders is crucial to avoid unneeded diagnostic procedures and treatment. KFD is diagnosed based on histopathologic examination of the excised lymph node. The management is supportive with favorable outcomes within a few weeks or months. In this case, we describe a 13-year-old boy who complained of painful cervical lymphadenopathy and fever for more than three weeks following COVID-19. Diagnostic workup has been established and KFD diagnosis made based on the histopathologic features of the involved lymph node. The patient showed complete recovery with no recurrence during follow-up. So, this case highlights the possible association between COVID-19 and KFD during this pandemic and keeping it in the differential diagnosis. Cureus 2022-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8824308/ /pubmed/35155016 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21049 Text en Copyright © 2022, Al Ghadeer et al. https://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.
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Al Ghadeer, Hussain A
AlKadhem, Sajjad M
AlMajed, Mohammed S
AlAmer, Hassan M
AlHabeeb, Jaber A
Alomran, Suad H
AlMajed, Abdullah S
Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Following COVID-19
title Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Following COVID-19
title_full Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Following COVID-19
title_fullStr Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Following COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Following COVID-19
title_short Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Following COVID-19
title_sort kikuchi-fujimoto disease following covid-19
topic Pathology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8824308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35155016
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21049
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