Tuberculosis mimicking Kikuchi's disease

M. Panduranga Kamath; Kiran Bhojwani; Ramdas Naik; Rajiv Kumar; Yeshwanth Chakravarthy

doi:10.1177/014556130608500221

Tuberculosis mimicking Kikuchi's disease

M. Panduranga Kamath^*
, Kiran Bhojwani
, Ramdas Naik
, Rajiv Kumar
, Yeshwanth Chakravarthy

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Kikuchi's disease is an idiopathic self-limiting necrotizing lymphadenitis. Clinically, it mimics tuberculous cervical lymphadenopathy. The disease is diagnosed by histopathologic study. The only specific treatment that has been reported is empiric steroid therapy. We report a case of tuberculosis that was originally thought to be Kikuchi's disease in a 24-year-old man. When the patient's condition worsened during a course of steroid therapy, he underwent surgical exploration, which revealed the presence of tuberculous lymphadenitis. The patient was switched to antituberculosis drug therapy, and his improvement was dramatic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	126-128
Number of pages	3
Journal	Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Volume	85
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/014556130608500221
Publication status	Published - 01-12-2006
Externally published	Yes

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