Kimura’s Disease - A Rare Cause of Neck Swelling
Keywords:
Eosinophilia, Kimura’s Disease, Lymphadenopathy, Serum Immunoglobin E
Abstract
Kimura’s disease is a rare form of chronic inflammatory disorder typically affecting Asian males of 30 to 40 years of age (male : female ratio is 3:1) . Here we report the case of a 12 year old Asian girl with chronic neck swelling affected by this uncommon disease with extremely rare presentation in this age and sex.
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2. Armstrong WB, Allison G, Pena F, Kim JK. Kimura’s disease: two cases and literature review. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1998 Dec;107(12):1066-71. [PubMed]
3. Jani A, Coulson M, Kimura’s disease: Atypical case of a rare disorder. West J Med 1997;166:142-44. [PubMed]
4. Irish JC, Kain K, Keystone JS et al Kimura’s disease an unusual cause of Head and Neck masses. Journal of Otolarngology 1994 ; 23:88-91.
5. Cecen E, Kacar-Doger F, Etensel B. An extremely rare cause of generalised lymphadenopathy in children: Kimura’s disease. Turk J Pediatr 2010;52:534-7 [PubMed].
6. Yamada A, Mitsuhashi K, Miyakawa Y, et al (1982) Membranous glomerulonephritis associated with eosinophillic lymphofolliculosis of the skin (Kimura’s disease): Report of a case and review of the literature. Clin Nephrol 18:211-215.
7. Kumar V, Salini, Haridas S. Kimura’s disease : An uncommon cause of lymphadenopathy. Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 201;31:89-90. [PubMed]
8. Kuo TT, Shih LY, Chan HL (1998) Kimura’s disease : Involvement of regional lymph nodes and distinction form angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia. Am J Surg Pathol 12:843-854. [PubMed]
9. Wang YS, Tay YK, Tan E, Poh WT. Treatment of Kimura’s disease with cyclosporine. J Dermatolog Treat 2005;16:242-44. [PubMed]
10. Hongcharu W, Baldassano M, Taylor CR. Kimura’s disease with oral ulcers : response to pentoxifylline. J Am Acad Dermatol 2000;43:905-907. [PubMed]
CITATION
DOI: 10.17511/ijpr.2014.i02.05
Published: 2014-08-31
How to Cite
Dr N Dinesh Kumar, Dr A Manoharan, Dr. A Arul Kumaran, Dr. S Balaji, & Dr. S Sivaraman. (2014). Kimura’s Disease - A Rare Cause of Neck Swelling. Pediatric Review: International Journal of Pediatric Research, 1(2), 61-64. https://doi.org/10.17511/ijpr.2014.i02.05
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Case Report
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