Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease mimicking tuberculous lymphadenitis or lymphoma on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, also known as histiocytic lymphadenitis is a rare and benign disease characterized by regional cervical lymphadenopathy with fever of unknown origin, affecting mainly young women. We describe a case of a young Asian female who was initially misdiagnosed as having tuberculou...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2016
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34321/1/34321.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34321/ https://www.dovepress.com/kikuchi-fujimoto-disease-mimicking-tuberculous-lymphadenitis-or-lympho-peer-reviewed-article-COAYA |
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| Institution: | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, also known as histiocytic lymphadenitis is a rare and benign disease characterized by regional cervical lymphadenopathy with fever of unknown origin, affecting mainly young women. We describe a case of a young Asian female who was initially misdiagnosed as having tuberculous lymphadenitis because of multiple lymphadenopathies with 18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on positron emission tomography/computed tomography. Final histologic diagnosis of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease was made after excisional biopsy of the affected lymph node. The cervical lymphadenopathy has reduced in size and lung lesions disappeared after 2 months without specific treatment. |
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