Uncommon presentation of Kikuchi disease
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Identifying Dysregulated Genes Induced by Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus KSHV
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Takayuki Furusaka1, Taiju Miyagami1, Mayu Suzuki1
1Department of General Medicine Faculty of Medicine Juntendo University Tokyo Japan.
Clinical Case Reports
|April 13, 2022
Abstract:
Kikuchi disease is common among Asians and women aged about 30 years. General symptoms include cervical lymphadenopathy and fever; 64% of the cases are self-limiting. However, this case is axillary lymphadenopathy, which is the main symptom in males. Thus, Kikuchi disease may be considered in the differential diagnosis of axillary lymphadenopathy.
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