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Kimura's disease
with bilateral auricular masses. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol.1999
Nov-Dec;20(10):1976-8
We report an
unusual case of Kimura's disease. An 81-year-old Japanese woman was
shown to have bilateral auricular masses that had begun to enlarge 6
years before. On CT scans, slightly high-density masses with faint
contrast enhancement were seen. The masses were heterogeneous and
hypointense on T1-weighted MR images, were slightly hyperintense on
T2-weighted MR images, and showed heterogeneous enhancement after
the administration of contrast material. Kimura's disease should be
included in the differential diagnosis of bilateral auricular
tumors.
Kimura's disease
and angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia: two disease
entities in the same patient: case report and review of the
literature.Int J Dermatol. 2006 Feb;45(2):139-45.
BACKGROUND:
Much controversy has existed with regard to the relationship between
Kimura's disease and angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia.
They were initially thought to represent the same disease spectrum,
but it has now been widely accepted that they are two separate
disease entities. To our knowledge, there have been no reports to
date describing a case of both Kimura's disease and angiolymphoid
hyperplasia with eosinophilia coexisting in the same patient.
METHODS: We describe a patient presenting initially with a right
postauricular subcutaneous swelling and subsequently developing
multiple erythematous facial papules and nodules. The medical
literature is reviewed. RESULTS: Clinical features of the right
postauricular subcutaneous swelling and multiple erythematous facial
papules/nodules suggest Kimura's disease in the former and
angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia in the latter.
Histopathological examinations of these lesions helped to confirm
the diagnosis of Kimura's disease and angiolymphoid hyperplasia with
eosinophilia, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Kimura's disease and
angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia can coexist in the same
patient. Coexistence of the two types of lesions in one patient may
also be considered evidence that Kimura's disease and angiolymphoid
hyperplasia with eosinophilia form a spectrum in one disease.
Kimura's disease:
case report and brief review of the literature. J Laryngol Otol.1994
Nov;108(11):1005-7.
Kimura's
disease is a chronic inflammatory disease which often presents as a
tumour-like swelling in the head and neck region with or without
lymphadenopathy. Most cases have been described predominantly in
Chinese and Japanese people. The lesion is benign, but it may easily
be mistaken for a malignant tumour. Kimura's disease has been
confused with angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE),
from which it probably should be distinguished as a separate entity.
The diagnosis may be suggested by a fine needle aspirate, but is
established by a biopsy. The treatment of choice is surgical
removal. A case of Kimura's disease in a Caucasian male of 12 years'
duration is presented together with a brief review of the
literature.
Kimura's disease:
an unusual cause of head and neck masses. J Otolaryngol.1994
Apr;23(2):88-91.
This article
presents a case report of a patient who presented with Kimura's
disease. Kimura's disease is an unusual condition with predilection
to involve the head and neck. Since Kimura's disease often imitates
a neoplastic or inflammatory process of the head and neck it
behooves the otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon to be able to
recognize this entity.
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