Malignant lymphoma or Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease – case report
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lymphadenopathy, Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, lymphomaAbstract
The case is a 70-year-old female patient, who was directed to the Oncology Center with suspected malignant lymphoma. The evaluation and histopathological reexamination suggested Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease. The patient was then referred to a Rheumatology Clinic. The Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease or histiocytic, necrotizing lymphadenitis without granulocytic infiltration is a lymphadenopathy of unknown etiology. It was first described in Japan by independent researchers Kikuchi and Fujimoto in 1972. During the diagnostic workup infectious, autoimmune, or neoplastic diseases are taken into consideration. The diagnosis is confirmed both by clinical and histopathological features of the disease. Symptomatic treatment is administered, but the changes regress spontaneously in most cases.
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