Kikuchi's disease: a benign cause of fever and cervical lymphadenopathy

Anna M Boula; John G Bizakis; George E Tsirakis; Theognosia S Chimona; Efstathios N Stathopoulos; Michael G Alexandrakis

doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2005.01.016

Kikuchi's disease: a benign cause of fever and cervical lymphadenopathy

Eur J Intern Med. 2005 Sep;16(5):356-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.01.016.

Authors

Anna M Boula¹, John G Bizakis, George E Tsirakis, Theognosia S Chimona, Efstathios N Stathopoulos, Michael G Alexandrakis

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Haematology, Otorhinolarygology and Pathology, University Hospital of Heraklion, P.O. Box 1352, Heraklion, Crete Greece.

PMID: 16137551
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.01.016

Abstract

Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis (Kikuchi's disease, KD) is a rare benign condition of unknown origin, usually characterized by lymphadenopathy and fever, affecting mainly young women. We describe three cases of patients, one man and two women, with biopsy-proven KD detected at our university hospital during the past 3 years and we review the literature.