[Anesthetic management of a patient with Kimura's disease]

Kimura's disease is a rare disease characterized by granuloma in soft tissues with formation of lymphoid follicles infiltrated with eosinophils. It is accompanied by peripheral eosinophilia and elevated IgE in some patients. Although most patients with Kimura's disease were Japanese, we are not aware of reports about anesthetic management of this disease. We managed a 38-year-old woman with Kimura's disease who underwent a removal of a right preauricular mass with general anesthesia using oxygen, nitrous oxide (50%), and isoflurane (0.5-1.5%). There were no anesthesia-related complications. Anesthetic management of patients with Kimura's disease is also discussed.