Resumen
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.
Título traducido de la contribución | Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease in a preschool |
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Idioma original | Español |
Páginas (desde-hasta) | 100-104 |
Número de páginas | 5 |
Publicación | Revista Mexicana de Pediatria |
Volumen | 81 |
N.º | 3 |
Estado | Publicada - 2014 |
Palabras clave
- Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis
- Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease