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Kikuchi's necrotising lymphadenitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

James W. Fairley ,
Simon Cross ,
John D. Shaw ,
Garry W. Glover  and
Michael H. Bennett
James W. Fairley*
Affiliation:
Department of ENT Department, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF.
Simon Cross
Affiliation:
Department of Histopathology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF.
John D. Shaw
Affiliation:
Department of ENT Department, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF.
Garry W. Glover
Affiliation:
Department of ENT Department, Mount Vernan Hospital, Middlesex.
Michael H. Bennett
Affiliation:
Department of Honorary Consultant Pathologist, Mount Vernon Hospital, Middlesex.
*
Mr Fairley, ENT Department, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF. Fax No. (0742) 725962
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Abstract

Three cases of Kikuchi's necrotizing lymphadenitiswithout granulocytic infiltration presented to the ENT department as cervical lymphadenopathy with neutropaenia. Differential diagnosis from malignant lymphoma was difficult both clinically and histopathologically. Two recovered spontaneously without treatment within three months, one improved initially but was lost to follow-up after one month.

Keywords

Lymphadenitislymph nodesKikuchi's disease
Type
View from Beneath: Pathology in Focus
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 105 , Issue 6 , June 1991 , pp. 496 - 499
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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