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[Kikuchi syndrome, Hashimoto thyroiditis and lupus serology. Apropos of a case]
E Bousquet1, M Tubéry, P Brousset
1Service de médecine interne, CHU de Rangueil, Toulouse, France.
La Revue De Medecine Interne
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis (Kikuchi's disease) is an uncommon disease of the cervical lymph nodes occurring in young women, commonly associated with various auto-immune or infectious diseases. We describe the case of a 17 year-old girl who presented a Kikuchi's lymphadenitis occurring concomitantly with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and lupus serology as anti-nuclear, anti-DNA, anticardiolipid antibodies and hypocomplementemia. The patient was treated with prednisone and hydroxychloroquine. Thirty months after, she is doing well and hydroxychloroquine is continued.