Two cases of Kikuchi's disease
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- YOSHIFUKU Kousuke
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kagoshima Medical Center
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- MATSUZAKI Tsutomu
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kagoshima Medical Center
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- NISHIMOTO Kengo
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kagoshima Medical Center
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- ASAKUMA Shinichiro
- Asakuma ENT Clinic
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- OHNO Fumio
- Ohno ENT Clinic
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 菊池病の 2 例
Description
<p>Kikuchi's disease was first described by Kikuchi in 1972. We herein report two cases of Kikuchi's disease. The first patient was a 27-year-old female, she visited our hospital with the chief complaint of neck swelling in the right cervical region. The second patient was a 17-year-old male, whoe visited our hospital with the chief complaint of neck swelling with tenderness in the right cervical region. A blood examination showed a low level of WBC and a slightly high serum LDH level. US showed the presence of cervical lymphadenopathy in the bilateral region. We performed a fine-needle aspiration biopsy which thus resulted in a diagnosis of Kikuchi's disease. We treated both patients with oral steroids and the cervical lymphadenopathy disappeared after 1 month in both cases. Although Kikuchi's disease generally demonstrates a good prognosis, it can nevertheless sometimes show a fatal course. When we encounter patients whose cercical lymphnodes are swollen, then it is important to include the possibility of Kikuchi's disease in the differential diagnosis.</p>
Journal
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- jibi to rinsho
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jibi to rinsho 62 (6), 218-224, 2016-11-20
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001204570567680
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- NII Article ID
- 130006191817
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- ISSN
- 21851034
- 04477227
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed
