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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease from eastern India
Pankaj Singhania1, Rudrajit Paul1, S Maitra1, AK Banerjee1, MA Hashmi2
1 Department of Medicine, Medical College and Hospitals, Kolkata, India
2 Eko CT and MRI Scan Center, Medical College and Hospitals Campus, Kolkata, India
Correspondence Address:
M A Hashmi
Eko CT and MRI Scan Center, Medical College and Hospitals Campus, Kolkata
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.68539
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Kikuchi's disease, a rare disorder which usually presents with fever painful lymphadenopathy, rash and arthritis, all of which are close mimickers of infective and immunological disorders. It is essentially a histopathological diagnosis and tests to rule out other connective tissue disorders or infective etiology must be undertaken. We present a series of two cases of kikuchi-fujimoto's disease presenting primarily with lymphadenopathy and fever in all cases. The first is a case of generalized lymphadenopathy and the second case of kikuchi's disease with SLE, a rare association. Lymph node excision biopsy and histopathology documented Kikuchi Fujimoto disease in above cases. All the cases improved on follow up and had no residual stigmata. |
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