About a rare disease misdiagnosed as malignant lymphoma or tuberculosis: Kikuchi-Fujimoto’s disease
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Ali El Ayoubi; Abdelilah Oujilal; Sophia Nitassi; Mohammed Anas Benbouzid; Zakaria Arkoubi; Razika Bencheikh; Jawad Lahma; Leila Essakalli; Reda Hejjouji
- Source
- The Pan African Medical Journal
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease
Tuberculosis
Lymph node biopsy
Case Report
Disease
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Cervical lymphadenopathy
necrotizing histiocytic lymphadenitis
lymphadenopathy
Medicine
Lymph node
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
030206 dentistry
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Dermatology
Lymphoma
medicine.anatomical_structure
Etiology
medicine.symptom
business
Rare disease
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1937-8688
Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease KFD is a rare and benign cause of cervical lymphadenopathy. It is an anatomoclinical entity of unknown etiology. The confirmation of the diagnosis is always provided by histological lymph node study. The clinical picture sometimes evokes lymphoma or tuberculosis. The evolution is generally favorable with spontaneous healing after a few weeks. We report the case of a 26-year-old woman who had consulted for cervical lymphadenopathy associated with fever. The cervical lymph node biopsy concluded to Kikuch-Fujimoto's disease. The evolution was marked by rapid regression of lymphadenopathy under corticosteroid treatment.