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Fumika Honda1, Hiroto Tsuboi1, Hirofumi Toko1
1Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Abstract:
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a benign disease of unknown etiology characterized by lymphadenopathy and a fever. For the majority of patients with KFD, the course is self-limited; however, the optimum method of managing recurrent cases has not yet been established. We herein report a case of a 42-year-old Japanese woman with KFD (confirmed by a lymph node biopsy). Although high-dose prednisolone (PSL) rapidly induced remission, she experienced four recurrences on treatment tapering. Concomitant use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) with low-dose PSL induced continuous remission. This is the first case to suggest the effectiveness of HCQ for recurrent KFD in a Japanese patient.
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