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An unusual case of fever of unknown origin: Kikuchi-fujimoto disease

Alışılmadık sebebi bilinmeyen ateş olgusu: Kikuchi-fujimoto hastalığı

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107–111
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We suggest that KFD needs to be considered as one of the differential diagnoses in patients presenting with fever of unknown origin and lymphadenopathy.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), also called histiositic necrotizing lenfadenitis is a self limited disease, which commonly affects young Asian women.
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Key Findings & Data:The disease presents with lymphadenopathy, predominantly in the cervical region, fever, leucopenia and high erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
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Conclusion & Impact:We suggest that KFD needs to be considered as one of the differential diagnoses in patients presenting with fever of unknown origin and lymphadenopathy.
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⚙️Variables:Histiyositik nekrotizan lenfadenit · Orta yaşlı · Kadın

Abstract

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), also called histiositic necrotizing lenfadenitis is a self limited disease, which commonly affects young Asian women. Etiology of KFD is unknown. The disease presents with lymphadenopathy, predominantly in the cervical region, fever, leucopenia and high erythrocyte sedimentation rate. It has occasionally been misdiagnosed as malignant lymphoma. The diagnosis of disease is confirmed by histopathological examination of affected lymph node. Herein, we reported a patient who presented with fever of unknown origin and diagnosed as KFD. We suggest that KFD needs to be considered as one of the differential diagnoses in patients presenting with fever of unknown origin and lymphadenopathy.

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Histiyositik nekrotizan lenfadenit olarak da isimlendirilen ve kendini sınırlayıcı özelliğe sahip Kikuchi-Fujimoto hastalığı (KFH) çoğunlukla Asyalı genç kadınlarda görülür. KFH’nın etyolojisi bilinmemektedir. Hastalar özellikle servikal bölgede lenfadenopati, ateş, lökopeni ve yüksek eritrosit sedimantasyon hızı ile başvururlar. Hastalık bazen malign lenfoma olarak yanlış tanı alır. Hastalığın tanısı tutulan lenf nodunun histopatolojik incelemesi ile doğrulanır. Burada sebebi bilinmeyen ateş ile gelen ve Kikuchi hastalığı tanısı konan genç bayan hasta sunulmuştur. Sebebi bilinmeyen ateş ve lenfadenopati ile gelen hastaların ayırıcı tanısında KFH’nın da düşünülmesi gerektiğini öneriyoruz.

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TÜZÜN, Y., BAYAN, K., ALTINTAŞ, A., ÇİL, T., YILMAZ, Ş., DURSUN, M. (2008). An unusual case of fever of unknown origin: Kikuchi-fujimoto disease. Uluslararası Hematoloji-Onkoloji Dergisi, Cilt: 18 - Sayı: 2, 107–111. https://ajindex.com/articles/323225

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