Abstract

PALLARES-TRUJILLO, Vanessa Carolina et al. Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis (Kikuchi -Fujimoto's disease). Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant. Mex. [online]. 2005, vol.62, n.2, pp.136-140. ISSN 1665-1146.

Introduction. Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease is a histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, not frequent in children. Case report. Nine year-old girl with history of fever, adenomegaly and loss of weight that required a lymph node biopsy which was interpreted as necrotizing lymphadenitis (Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease), she responded to anti inflammatory medication but presented a relapse 5 years later. Conclusion. Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease should be suspected in the patients with fever, lymphadenitis, and weight loss after infectious and malignant etiologies have been ruled out. The definitive diagnosis is skin biopsy.

Keywords : Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease; lymphadenitis; lymph node biopsy.

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