Successful treatment of Kimura's disease with cyclosporine

We report the case of a 29-year-old Japanese woman presenting with recurrin g Kimura's disease. We began treatment with cyclosporine within 7 days, the nodular lesion had almost cleared. The cyclosporine dose was then graduall y reduced and discontinued after 6 months. The patient was reassessed 18 mo nths after the cessation of treatment and there was no evidence of recurren ce of the disease. We speculate that the effects of cyclosporine on T helpe r-2 cells improves Kimura's disease.