Kikuchi disease with skin lesions mimicking lupus erythematosus

Journal of Dermatological Case Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 82-85

  Mauleón, Cristina ^a   Valdivielso Ramos, Marta ^a   Cabeza, Rita ^a   Rivera, Teresa ^a   García, Isabel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA LEONOR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fever; Hydrochloroquine; Lupus; Lymphadenopathy; Necrotizing lymphadenitis; Prednisone

Indexed keywords

EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN 1; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; APHTHOUS ULCER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COOMBS TEST; DERMATITIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 84872938725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18987249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3315/jdcr.2012.1108     Document Type: Article

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