Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease in a young female - a rare case report from north India

Dr. Deepak Gahlan; Dr. G.R. Ahangar; Dr. Neeraj Gupta

Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2018

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease in a young female - a rare case report from north India

Dr. Deepak Gahlan, Dr. G. R. Ahangar, Dr. Neeraj Gupta

Abstract :

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is a rare benign disease of unknown etiology. It is also called histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis which predominantly affects cervical lymph nodes. It has a greater tendency to affect young females. Clinically Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease may mimic with tuberculosis,systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lymphoma, therefore excision biopsy of lymph node should be used to confirm the diagnosis of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease. We report a case of 19 years old female patient, presented with high grade fever, multiple joints pain and enlarged cervical lymph nodes. Her diagnosis was conformed as Kikuchi�s disease after lymph node biopsy. She was given symptomatic treatment and she recovered thereafter.