Authors
P Baburaja, Arun G Pudoora, Thomson Antonya, Harikrishnan B La
aDepartment of General Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala
Abstract
Kikuchi Fujimoto disease is a self limiting necrotizing lymphadenitis presenting with cervical lymphadenitis, fever, myalgia, rash & neutropenia. Rarely extra nodal involvement is seen.
The aetiology is attributed to infective or autoimmune causes. The clinical features, differential diagnosis and typical histopathological appearance is described.
Keywords: Lymphadenopathy, Necrotizing Lymphadenitis, Autoimmune, Lymphohistiocytic Infiltration