A rare case: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease

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Pehlivanlar Kucuk M., Bekta Saksoy H., Ozsu S. S., ÇOBANOĞLU Ü., ÖZLÜ T.

TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX, vol.65, no.4, pp.337-341, 2017 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 65 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.5578/tt.40395
  • Journal Name: TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.337-341
  • Keywords: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, fever of unknown origin, HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS, BIOPSY, DNA
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease (CFD) is a disease that usually exhibits self-limited benign lymph node involvement. Etiology of illness is not fully understood. Differential diagnosis should be performed well because lymph node involvement can be confused with lymphoma type diseases. A 35-year-old male patient with weakness, joint aches, fever, loss of appetite, weight loss, night sweating symptoms presented with the literature.