Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease mimicking tuberculous lymphadenitis or lymphoma on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, also known as histiocytic lymphadenitis is a rare and benign disease characterized by regional cervical lymphadenopathy with fever of unknown origin, affecting mainly young women. We describe a case of a young Asian female who was initially misdiagnosed as having tuberculou...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rahim, Noraini, Nordin, Abdul Jalil, Rusconi, Chiara, Gabutti, Cristina, Ravelli, Erika, Rossetti, Claudio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34321/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34321/1/34321.pdf
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author Abdul Rahim, Noraini
Nordin, Abdul Jalil
Rusconi, Chiara
Gabutti, Cristina
Ravelli, Erika
Rossetti, Claudio
author_facet Abdul Rahim, Noraini
Nordin, Abdul Jalil
Rusconi, Chiara
Gabutti, Cristina
Ravelli, Erika
Rossetti, Claudio
author_sort Abdul Rahim, Noraini
building UPM Institutional Repository
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description Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, also known as histiocytic lymphadenitis is a rare and benign disease characterized by regional cervical lymphadenopathy with fever of unknown origin, affecting mainly young women. We describe a case of a young Asian female who was initially misdiagnosed as having tuberculous lymphadenitis because of multiple lymphadenopathies with 18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on positron emission tomography/computed tomography. Final histologic diagnosis of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease was made after excisional biopsy of the affected lymph node. The cervical lymphadenopathy has reduced in size and lung lesions disappeared after 2 months without specific treatment.
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spelling upm-343212016-09-15T03:57:17Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34321/ Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease mimicking tuberculous lymphadenitis or lymphoma on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography Abdul Rahim, Noraini Nordin, Abdul Jalil Rusconi, Chiara Gabutti, Cristina Ravelli, Erika Rossetti, Claudio Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, also known as histiocytic lymphadenitis is a rare and benign disease characterized by regional cervical lymphadenopathy with fever of unknown origin, affecting mainly young women. We describe a case of a young Asian female who was initially misdiagnosed as having tuberculous lymphadenitis because of multiple lymphadenopathies with 18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on positron emission tomography/computed tomography. Final histologic diagnosis of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease was made after excisional biopsy of the affected lymph node. The cervical lymphadenopathy has reduced in size and lung lesions disappeared after 2 months without specific treatment. Dove Medical Press 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34321/1/34321.pdf Abdul Rahim, Noraini and Nordin, Abdul Jalil and Rusconi, Chiara and Gabutti, Cristina and Ravelli, Erika and Rossetti, Claudio (2016) Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease mimicking tuberculous lymphadenitis or lymphoma on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography. Clinical Oncology in Adolescents and Young Adults, 6. pp. 27-30. ISSN 2230-2263 https://www.dovepress.com/kikuchi-fujimoto-disease-mimicking-tuberculous-lymphadenitis-or-lympho-peer-reviewed-article-COAYA 10.2147/COAYA.S69923
spellingShingle Abdul Rahim, Noraini
Nordin, Abdul Jalil
Rusconi, Chiara
Gabutti, Cristina
Ravelli, Erika
Rossetti, Claudio
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease mimicking tuberculous lymphadenitis or lymphoma on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
title Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease mimicking tuberculous lymphadenitis or lymphoma on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
title_full Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease mimicking tuberculous lymphadenitis or lymphoma on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
title_fullStr Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease mimicking tuberculous lymphadenitis or lymphoma on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
title_full_unstemmed Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease mimicking tuberculous lymphadenitis or lymphoma on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
title_short Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease mimicking tuberculous lymphadenitis or lymphoma on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
title_sort kikuchi-fujimoto disease mimicking tuberculous lymphadenitis or lymphoma on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34321/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34321/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34321/1/34321.pdf