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From Confusion to Clarity: Management of Rare and Elusive, KIKUCHI-FUJIMOTO Disease

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: KIKUCHI-FUJIMOTO disease (KFD), or HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS, is a benign and self-limited disease that mainly affects young women. Patients present with localized lymphadenopathy, fever, and leukopenia in up to half of the cases. It was first described by Dr Masahiro Kikuchi in 1972 and independently by Y. Fujimoto. This article briefs about a case of KFD which was earlier misinterpreted as a space infection and its diagnosis and management.

DOI: 10.9734/ajcrmh/2025/v8i1235

Authors: SUNIL VASUDEV, PRAVEENA A, SARAYU GOPAL, DALLEN SHONE D’MELLO

Language: English

Topic: Lymphadenopathy Diagnosis and Analysis

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W4410375737

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