KIKUCHI HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS

Authors
VETH G SELDENRIJK CA DEMAAT CEM
Citation
G. Veth et al., KIKUCHI HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS, Netherlands journal of medicine, 50(4), 1997, pp. 170-173
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Netherlands journal of medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03002977
Volume
50
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
170 - 173
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-2977(1997)50:4<170:KHNL>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Kikuchi's lymphadenitis was first recognized almost 25 years ago in Ja pan as a histopathologically specific reactive lymphadenitis without c lear clinical correlates. The benign self-limiting clinical course and the notorious danger of misdiagnosis as malignant lymphoma together m ake it important to recognize this lymph node reaction type. We descri be 2 typical case histories-young women with a cervical localisation. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.