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01-02-2014 | Case Report

Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease masquerading as tuberculosis

Authors: Prity Gupta, Kelvin Lau, Kevin West, Sridhar Rathinam

Published in: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Issue 2/2014

Abstract

Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a benign, self-limiting subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis with unknown aetiology that has a predilection for young Far East Asian women. It presents with fever, fatigue and lymphadenomegaly and is often misdiagnosed. We report an unusual presentation in a South Asian woman with isolated mediastinal lymphadenopathy masquerading as tuberculosis. There is only one other reported case in the literature presenting with isolated mediastinal lymphadenopathy.

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Title: Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease masquerading as tuberculosis
Authors: Prity Gupta
Kelvin Lau
Kevin West
Sridhar Rathinam
Publication date: 01-02-2014
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery / Issue 2/2014
Print ISSN: 1863-6705
Electronic ISSN: 1863-6713
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-012-0193-1

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