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Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: an amazing response to hydroxychloroquine.

Abstract
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is a benign and self-limited disorder. The common clinical features are fever and cervical lymphadenitis. A 9-year-old girl with fever and cervical lymphadenitis was admitted because of persistent symptoms. A cervical lymph node biopsy showed the characteristic features of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease. Herein, we will discuss the clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease and highlight the dramatic response when a patient was treated with hydroxychloroquine.
AuthorsPo-Hung Chen, Yung-Feng Huang, Chia-Wan Tang, Shue-Ren Wann, Hong-Tai Chang
JournalEuropean journal of pediatrics (Eur J Pediatr) Vol. 169 Issue 12 Pg. 1557-9 (Dec 2010) ISSN: 1432-1076 [Electronic] Germany
PMID20645108 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Hydroxychloroquine
Topics
  • Biopsy
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Enzyme Inhibitors (therapeutic use)
  • Female
  • Fever (drug therapy)
  • Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis (diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology)
  • Humans
  • Hydroxychloroquine (therapeutic use)
  • Lymphadenitis (drug therapy, pathology)
  • Treatment Outcome

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