Kimura's disease in a white man
Urs D A Müller-Richter1, Antonios Moralis, Tobias Reuther
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg 97070, Germany. mueller_u2@klinik.uni-wuerzburg.de
Background:
Kimura's disease is a rare inflammatory disease that mainly affects Asians and most often occurs in the deep lymph nodes of the head and neck. We report on a rare case of Kimura's disease in the hard palate of a white man.
Method:
A 56-year-old white man was seen with a rapidly growing mass in the upper jaw. A complete tumor resection with hemimaxillectomy was performed. The tumor, which showed signs of inflammation, was located within the bone and the soft tissue.
Results:
Kimura's disease was diagnosed by histopathologic examination of the resected tumor.
Conclusion:
This case demonstrates that Kimura's disease, though rare, is not limited to the Asian population. We present a case of a tumor in a white man. This adds another possibility for uncertain differential diagnoses of rapidly growing tumor masses.
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