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Case Report

Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Involving Retroperitoneal Lymph Nodes: An Uncommon Presentation

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Department of Pathology and Hematology Division, 2011 Zonal Ave., HMR 308, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Department of Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Hematol. Rep. 2021, 13(2), 9001; https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2021.9001
Submission received: 2 November 2020 / Revised: 4 December 2020 / Accepted: 19 February 2021 / Published: 5 March 2021

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.
Keywords: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease; histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis; retroperitoneal lymph node Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease; histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis; retroperitoneal lymph node

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Hon, J.E.; Vergara-Lluri, M.E.; Siddiqi, I.; Foss, C.; Feinstein, D.I.; Brynes, R.I. Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Involving Retroperitoneal Lymph Nodes: An Uncommon Presentation. Hematol. Rep. 2021, 13, 9001. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2021.9001

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Hon JE, Vergara-Lluri ME, Siddiqi I, Foss C, Feinstein DI, Brynes RI. Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Involving Retroperitoneal Lymph Nodes: An Uncommon Presentation. Hematology Reports. 2021; 13(2):9001. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2021.9001

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Hon, Jane E., Maria E. Vergara-Lluri, Imran Siddiqi, Christopher Foss, Donald I. Feinstein, and Russell I. Brynes. 2021. "Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Involving Retroperitoneal Lymph Nodes: An Uncommon Presentation" Hematology Reports 13, no. 2: 9001. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2021.9001

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Hon, J. E., Vergara-Lluri, M. E., Siddiqi, I., Foss, C., Feinstein, D. I., & Brynes, R. I. (2021). Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Involving Retroperitoneal Lymph Nodes: An Uncommon Presentation. Hematology Reports, 13(2), 9001. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2021.9001

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