Kimura's disease occurred in the whole arm - 10/01/08
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Kimura's disease is a rare, chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. It occurs commonly in head and neck. We present a rare case of Kimura's disease that occurred widely in the whole arm. A 17-year-old man presented with 5 years history of palpable non-tender mass in the antero-medial aspect of the upper arm. Blood investigations showed a peripheral eosinophilia and the elevation of IgE. Coronal and sagittal T1 and T2 images showed the multiple lobulated, and well-demarcated masses in the subcutaneous layer. On histological assessment, it was noted that within the subcutaneous fat there was an ill-defined non-encapsulated proliferation of lymphoid follicles with focal eosinophilic folliculolysis. The lymph nodes showed numerous prominent lymphoid follicles with florid germinal centers, follicular hyperplasia and massive perinodal eosinophilic infiltration.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Eosinophilia, Immunoglobulin E, Kimura's disease
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Vol 75 - N° 1
P. 76-77 - janvier 2008 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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