Journals / Selçuk Tıp Dergisi / 2010 / Cilt: 26 - Sayı: 3

Kikuchi’s lymphadenitis. a case report and evaluation of cases reported from Turkey

Kikuchi lenfadeniti. bir olgu sunumu ve Türkiye’den bildirilmiş olguların değerlendirmesi.

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This pathology must be included especially in differential diagnoses of cases with clinical pre-diagnoses of lymphoma and fever of unknown origin.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Evaluation of Turkish cases reported as Kikuchi lymphadenitis, together with an additional case report.
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Key Findings & Data:Excisional lymph node biopsy is performed on a 26 years old female patient, who is admitted to the hospital with complaints of a palpable mass at axilla and fever.
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Evaluation of Turkish cases reported as Kikuchi lymphadenitis, together with an additional case report. Excisional lymph node biopsy is performed on a 26 years old female patient, who is admitted to the hospital with complaints of a palpable mass at axilla and fever. Pathological examination revealed multiple foci of necrosis with sharp, irregular borders. Dense histiocytic proliferation without presence of neutrophil leukocytes is seen in these foci. Clinical and morphological findings of this case are found to be concordant with Kikuchi’s lymhadenitis. As a rare type of lymphadenitis, Kikuchi’s disease has a special importance due to its inclusion in differential diagnosis of lymphoma. Since it is uncommon to be counted in clinical pre-diagnosis, it must be absolutely taken into consideration in pathological evaluation. Together with this case report, mean age of totally 31 cases from Turkey is 31. Female to male ratio of these cases is 1.45. The most common clinical findings are palpable mass and fever. Masses may be painful or painless, as if fever may be subfebrile. Most common location is cervical region and the second common location is axillary region. As laboratory findings, ESR, CRP and LDH levels are increased and leukopenia is found. This pathology must be included especially in differential diagnoses of cases with clinical pre-diagnoses of lymphoma and fever of unknown origin.

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Kikuchi lenfadeniti tanısı konan bir olgunun sunumu eşliğinde Türkiye’den bildirilmiş aynı tanıya sahip olguların topluca değerlendirilmesi. 26 yaşında, koltuk altında ele gelen kitle ve ateş şikayetleriyle başvuran kadın hastada tüberküloz lenfadeniti klinik ön tanısıyla eksizyonel lenf nodu biyopsisi yapılmıştır. Patolojik incelemede lenf nodlarında düzensiz keskin sınırlı nekroz odakları görülmüştür. Bu odaklarda yoğun histiyosit proliferasyonu saptanmış, nötrofil lökosit infiltrasyonu görülmemiştir. Enfeksiyöz lenfadenitlerin ve lenfomanın ekarte edildiği bu olguda klinik ve morfolojik bulguların Kikuchi lenfadeniti ile uyumlu olduğu görülmüştür. Nadir görülen bir lenfadenopati olan Kikuchi hastalığı, özellikle lenfoma ile ayırıcı tanıya girmesi sebebiyle özel bir öneme sahiptir. Bu hastalık, klinik ön tanılar içine pek konulmadığından dolayı patolojik değerlendirmede mutlaka göz önünde bulundurulmalıdır. Bu olgu sunumu ile birlikte Türkiye’den bildirilen toplam 31 olgunun yaş ortalaması 31’dir. Bu olgularda kadın / erkek hasta oranı 1.45’tir. En sık saptanan klinik bulgular ele gelen şişlik ve ateştir. Şişlik, ağrılı veya ağrısız olabildiği gibi, ateş de subfebril olabilmektedir. En sık servikal bölge, ikinci sıklıkta aksiller bölge tutulmaktadır. Laboratuvar bulgusu olarak sıklık sırasıyla ESR, CRP, LDH yüksekliği ve lökopeni görülür. Bu patoloji, özellikle lenfoma ve sebebi bilinmeyen ateş klinik ön tanıları olan, servikal – aksiller lenfadenopatisi bulunan olguların ayırıcı tanısına dahil edilmelidir .

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KIYICI, H., KARAGÜLLE, E., ERMİŞLER, E. (2010). Kikuchi’s lymphadenitis. a case report and evaluation of cases reported from Turkey. Selçuk Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 26 - Sayı: 3, 99–102. https://ajindex.com/articles/319115

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