Case Report
Year: 2023 | Month: August | Volume: 13 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 182-186
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20230825
A Case Report on Kikuchi Disease
Rama Rao Tadikonda1, Dulam Nandini Goud2, Kummari Sneha Deepika2, Syed Shoeb Ali2
1Professor & Principal, CMR College of Pharmacy, Medchal, Hyderabad, Telangana
2Pharm. D(PB) students, CMR College of Pharmacy, Medchal, Hyderabad, Telangana
Corresponding Author: Tadikonda Rama Rao
ABSTRACT
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a rare benign (non-cancerous, non-malignant) and self-limited syndrome characterized by regional lymphadenopathy with tenderness, predominantly in the cervical region, which is usually accompanied by mild fever and night sweats. It is first described in Japan and reported in 1972 simultaneously by two pathologists named Kikuchi and Fujimoto. Symptoms include weight loss, vomiting, nausea and sore throat. It is an auto immune disorder. Its etiology is still unknown. It is diagnosed by obtaining a biopsy specimen from lymph node. There is no specific treatment for Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, it can be only treated symptomatically and some surgical techniques may be followed if needed. We have highlighted an 18-year-old male patient who had bilateral multiple swelling of lymph node in the neck region and had complaint of fever since 4 months on and off. After the biopsy it was diagnosed as kikuchi disease.
Key words: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, Non-malignant, Histiocytes, Lymphadenopathy