RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Kikuchi's disease: an important cause of cervical lymphadenopathy
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 82
OP 84
DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.7-1-82
VO 7
IS 1
A1 F Qadri
A1 GK Atkin
A1 D Thomas
A1 SK Das
YR 2007
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/7/1/82.abstract
AB Kikuchi's disease is a form of necrotising lymphadenitis typically presenting in young women with lymphadenopathy. A case of Kikuchi's disease is reported in order to highlight the diagnostic confusion that is often associated with the condition. The possibility of the disease should be taken into account in any patient presenting with unexplained lymphadenopathy, and consideration of the diagnosis is particularly important before the introduction of potentially inappropriate drug therapy.