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Kikuchi disease (histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis) in association with HTLV1
V Bataille1, C C Harland, J Behrens
1Dermatology Department, St. Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey, U.K.
The British Journal of Dermatology
|April 1, 1997
Abstract:
We report a 25-year-old male with fever, generalized lymphadenopathy and an erythematosus maculo-papular eruption affecting face and upper body. A diagnosis of Kikuchi disease (necrotizing histiocytic lymphadenitis) was made on lymph node histology. The patient was found to be positive for the human T-cell leukaemia lymphoma virus (HTLV1). Kikuchi disease has been reported in association with infections such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), herpes (HHV6) and toxoplasmosis, but to our knowledge this is the first case of Kikuchi disease associated with HTLV1.