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Kikuchi's disease: a rare cause of meningitis?

Abstract
We present a case of Kikuchi's disease causing meningitis associated with fever and treated successfully with corticosteroids alone. This is considered to be rare but provides an instructive example of how the diagnosis may be confused with that of tuberculous meningitis and highlights the importance of histopathological analysis.
AuthorsMahdad Noursadeghi, Nayef Aqel, Geoffrey Pasvol
JournalClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (Clin Infect Dis) Vol. 41 Issue 8 Pg. e80-2 (Oct 15 2005) ISSN: 1537-6591 [Electronic] United States
PMID16163623 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Prednisolone
Topics
  • Adult
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Female
  • Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis (complications, drug therapy)
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes (pathology)
  • Meningitis (diagnosis, etiology)
  • Prednisolone (therapeutic use)

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