An extremely rare cause of generalized lymphadenopathy in children: Kimura's disease

Cecen E., Kacar-Doger F., Etensel B.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol.52, no.5, pp.534-537, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 52 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.534-537
  • Keywords: Kimura's disease, generalized lymphadenopathy, children, immunoglobulin E, eosinophilia
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

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.