Kimura's Disease
Joint Authors
Moulton-Levy, Natalie
Guimaraes, Cláudia Savassi
Vidal, Claudia
Sapadin, Allen
Source
Issue
Vol. 2009, Issue 2009 (31 Dec. 2009), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2009-06-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Kimuras disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology.
It is rare in the West, but endemic in Asia.
It typically presents as solitary or multiple subcutaneous nodules, that slowly increase in size.
The lesions are variably painful and pruritic.
It often accompanied by regional lymphadenopathy, raised serum eosinophil counts, and markedly elevated serum immunoglobulin E levels.
Histologically, the lesions are characterized by reactive lymphoid follicles with eosinophilic infiltration and an increased amount of postcapillary venules.
The optimal treatment for KD remains controversial.
Although the condition seldom resolves spontaneously, malignant transformation has not been reported to date, and the prognosis is good.
We describe a male patient with a 4-year pruritic progressive “bump” in front of his left ear.
On physical examination, the patient had 2 discrete lesions on the left side of his face near his ear.
Postauricularly, there was a 3×5 cm erythematous to violaceous, indurated nodule.
Preauricularly, there was a similar, but smaller cyst-like nodule.
Punch biopsy showed a superficial and deep nodular and interstitial infiltrate, reactive lymphoid follicles with a dense infiltration of eosinophils and areas of eosinophilic follicle lysis.
The patient received intralesional triamcinolone acetonide injections 10 mg/cc behind left ear with a good improvement.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Guimaraes, Cláudia Savassi& Moulton-Levy, Natalie& Sapadin, Allen& Vidal, Claudia. 2009. Kimura's Disease. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2009, no. 2009, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Guimaraes, Cláudia Savassi…[et al.]. Kimura's Disease. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2009 (2009), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Guimaraes, Cláudia Savassi& Moulton-Levy, Natalie& Sapadin, Allen& Vidal, Claudia. Kimura's Disease. Case Reports in Medicine. 2009. Vol. 2009, no. 2009, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-471063
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-471063