Hon JD, Vergara-Lluri ME, Siddiqi I, Foss C, Feinstein DI, Brynes RK. Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease involving retroperitoneal lymph nodes: An uncommon presentation.
Hematol Rep 2021;
13:9001. [PMID:
34221294 PMCID:
PMC8215528 DOI:
10.4081/hr.2021.9001]
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Abstract
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is a self-limited disease of unknown etiology that is clinically defined by fevers accompanied by tender posterior cervical lymphadenopathy. It often presents acutely or sub-acutely, and due to its non-specific features, the differential diagnosis is broad and includes infectious, autoimmune, and malignant causes. Although cases of extra-cervical disease are not uncommon, involvement of retroperitoneal lymph nodes has only rarely been reported. Here, we describe a patient with Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease who presented with fever of unknown origin, abdominal pain, and enlarged hypermetabolic retroperitoneal lymph nodes.
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