Recurrent Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: Case report

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-233

  Sah, Sunil K ^a   Pant, Ravi ^b   Piper, Kim ^a   Chowdhury, Tahseen A ^a   Crean, St John ^c  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptotic necrosis; Histiocytes; Kikuchi Fujimoto disease; Lymphadenopathy; Neutropenia; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; HEMOGLOBIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CYTOLOGY; ECZEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOCYTE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NEUTROPHIL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SWELLING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 33847108427     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.07.021     Document Type: Article

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