Kikuchi's disease: A rare cause of cervical lymphadenitis and fever

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-153

  Schofer, Joel M ^a   Tong, Tri C ^a   Tanen, David A ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical lymphadenitis; Fever; Kikuchi's disease; Kikuchi's lymphadenitis; Kikuchi Fujimoto disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORELGESTROMIN; FEXOFENADINE; ISONIAZID; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENITIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECK; PREGNANCY; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 22144439711     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.01.017     Document Type: Article

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