Abstract
The Kikuchi-Fujimoto diseases (KFD), also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis was described in 1972 by Kikuchi and Fujimoto. Is a rare disease of unknown etiology that involve main cervical lymph nodes, the evolution is benign and self-limited; during pediatrics ages is most frequently in scholars and adolescents, also in young adults. The signs and symptoms are: fever, headache, fatigue should be differentiated of neoplastic and infections, the diagnoses are by histopathology and the treatment is symptomatic. In this paper we described the evolution and following of a preschooler girl whit KFD.
| Translated title of the contribution | Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease in a preschool |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 100-104 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Revista Mexicana de Pediatria |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 2014 |