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Kimura's disease. Diagnosis by aspiration cytology
Archana H Deshpande1, Supreeta Nayak, Maitreyee M Munshi
1Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Objective:
To characterize the cytologic features of Kimura's disease and distinguish the differentiating features from those of other conditions with similar cytologic findings.
Study Design:
In eight cases of Kimura's disease the cytologic features were correlated with the histologic findings.
Results:
The cytologic features included a polymorphous lymphoid population with an admixture of significant numbers of eosinophils, fragments of collagenous tissue, endothelial cells and occasional polykaryocytes.
Conclusion:
Various conditions, both benign and malignant, may mimic Kimura's disease clinically and on smears. These have to be ruled out before making a diagnosis of Kimura's disease. The cytologic features of Kimura's disease have to be interpreted in the appropriate clinical setting in order to make a correct preoperative diagnosis.
