Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease mimicking tuberculous lymphadenitis or lymphoma on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography

• Main Authors: Abdul Rahim, Noraini, Nordin, Abdul Jalil, Rusconi, Chiara, Gabutti, Cristina, Ravelli, Erika, Rossetti, Claudio
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dove Medical Press 2016
• 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
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

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.