Doença de Kikuchi Fujimoto

BIREME/OPAS/OMS - Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde . Base de dados : LILACS . Pesquisa : Doença AND de AND Kikuchi AND Fujimoto . Total de referências : 5 . . . 1/5. Id: 305304 . Autor: Malbrán, Alejandro; Mejía, Raul; Elsner, Boris. . Título: Linfadenitis necrotizante de Kikuchi-Fujimoto. Presentación de dos casos / Kikuchi-Fujimoto necrotizing lymphadenitis. Report of 2 cases . Fonte: Medicina (B.Aires);60(6):947-950, 2000. ilus . . Resumo: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a form of necrotizing lymphadenitis. The disease is a usually benign, self limited cause of lymph node enlargement affecting predominantly young women. Several other clinical manifestations have been described, though the only consistent findings are a macular eruption and a fever. Occasionally, the disease has presented as a fever of unknown origin. Lymph node specimens show areas of necrosis without neutrophilic infiltration. Lymphocyte mediated apoptotic mechanisms are responsible for the necrosis observed. Clinically, it should be differentiated from many different conditions, including infections such as cat scratch disease and rheumatological diseases like Still's disease and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Pathologically, it should be differentiated from lymphomas. KFD is widely known in the Far East, but very rare in Latin America. As a matter of fact, we have only detected ...

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