The cutaneous lesions of Kikuchi's disease: A comprehensive analysis of 16 cases based on the clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and immunofluorescence studies with an emphasis on the differential diagnosis

Human Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1245-1254

  Kim, Jang Hee ^a   Kim, Young Bae ^a   In, Sung Il ^a   Kim, You Chan ^a   Han, Jae Ho ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Kikuchi's disease; Skin

Indexed keywords

CD123 ANTIGEN; CD163 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHLORDANE; MUCIN; SYNDECAN 1; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELLULITIS; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG ERUPTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EROSION; ERYTHEMA ANNULARE CENTRIFUGUM; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTIOCYTE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; KIKUCHI DISEASE; KIMURA DISEASE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PANNICULITIS; PAPULE; PIGMENTED PURPURIC DERMATOSIS; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN SWELLING; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KERATINOCYTES; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RNA, VIRAL; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955923958     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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