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      Fatal Kikuchi-like lymphadenitis associated with connective tissue disease: a report of two cases and review of the literature.

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          Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, is usually a benign self-limiting disease which typically affects young females under the age of 30 years and resolves without treatment within six months. However, when it occurs in the context of connective tissue disease, particularly systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), it is usually associated with a flare-up of the patient's symptoms, requiring treatment, and can lead to severe, potentially life-threatening sequelae.

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          Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease

          Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a benign and self-limited disorder, characterized by regional cervical lymphadenopathy with tenderness, usually accompanied with mild fever and night sweats. Less frequent symptoms include weight loss, nausea, vomiting, sore throat. Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is an extremely rare disease known to have a worldwide distribution with higher prevalence among Japanese and other Asiatic individuals. The clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemical features appear to point to a viral etiology, a hypothesis that still has not been proven. KFD is generally diagnosed on the basis of an excisional biopsy of affected lymph nodes. Its recognition is crucial especially because this disease can be mistaken for systemic lupus erythematosus, malignant lymphoma or even, though rarely, for adenocarcinoma. Clinicians' and pathologists' awareness of this disorder may help prevent misdiagnsois and inappropriate treatment. The diagnosis of KFD merits active consideration in any nodal biopsy showing fragmentation, necrosis and karyorrhexis, especially in young individuals presenting with posterior cervical lymphadenopathy. Treatment is symptomatic (analgesics-antipyretics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and, rarely, corticosteroids). Spontaneous recovery occurs in 1 to 4 months. Patients with Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease should be followed-up for several years to survey the possibility of the development of systemic lupus erythematosus.
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            Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus: a cutaneous marker for a distinct lupus erythematosus subset.

            We have characterized the clinical and laboratory features of 27 patients who had in common a recurring, superficial, nonscarring type of cutaneous lupus erythematosus (LE) that occurred in a characteristic distribution (subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus [SCLE]). This clinically distinct form of cutaneous LE has not previously been analyzed as a separate entity and thus, its clinical importance has not been fully appreciated. We found that these patients frequently had a mild systemic illness marked by musculoskeletal complaints and serologic abnormalities. Forty-eight percent had systemic LE by American Rheumatism Association criteria; however, none had serious CNS or renal disease. Thus, those with SCLE are a subset of patients with LE who generally have an illness intermediate in severity between discoid LE and severe systemic LE.
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              Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease associated with systemic lupus erythematosus: case report and review of the literature.

              Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease (KFD) or histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis is a benign and self-limited disease, of unknown aetiology, which affects mainly young women. It presents with localised lymphadenopathy, predominantly in the cervical region, accompanied by fever and leukopenia in up to 50% of the cases. KFD has been rarely described in association with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and its diagnosis can precede, postdate or coincide with the diagnosis of SLE. We present a patient with the diagnosis of SLE characterised by arthritis, leukopenia, malar rash, photosensitivity and positive ANA, besides cervical lymphadenopathy whose biopsy was compatible with KFD, which improved after using prednisone. Although the presence of lymphadenopathy is not uncommon in SLE patients, particularly in the phases of disease activity, the concomitance with KFD has rarely been reported in the literature. Its recognition is necessary because one can avoid laborious investigation for infectious and lymphoproliferative diseases.
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                Journal
                Springerplus
                SpringerPlus
                Springer Science and Business Media LLC
                2193-1801
                2193-1801
                2015
                : 4
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Department of Pathology, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, Scotland ; Department of Pathology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill Aberdeen, Scotland ; Division of Applied Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland.
                [2 ] Department of Pathology, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, Scotland.
                Article
                925
                10.1186/s40064-015-0925-7
                4398681
                25897412
                6bafecea-086b-499b-b94f-4962d6e6de72
                History

                Systemic lupus erythematosus,Necrotising lymphadenitis,Lymphadenopathy,Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease,Connective tissue disease

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