An extremely rare cause of generalized lymphadenopathy in children: Kimura's disease
TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.52, sa.5, ss.534-537, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 52 Sayı: 5
- Basım Tarihi: 2010
- Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.534-537
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Kimura's disease, generalized lymphadenopathy, children, immunoglobulin E, eosinophilia
- Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Kimura's disease, characterized by a triad of painless subcutaneous masses in the head and neck, prominent eosinophilia and markedly elevated immunoglobulin E levels, is an uncommon idiopathic, chronic inflammatory disease that usually affects young and middle-aged Asian males. Kimura's disease is known usually as a localized process and is an extremely rare cause of generalized lymphadenopathy in children. We report an eight-year-old Turkish boy with Kimura's disease who presented with generalized lymphadenopathy masquerading as malignant lymphoma.