Kikuchi disease
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Kikuchi disease was described in 1972 in Japan. It is also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, Kikuchi necrotizing lymphadenitis, phagocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis, and necrotizing lymphadenitis.[1][2][3][4] Kikuchi disease occurs sporadically in people with no family history of the condition.[5]
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Other names | Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease |
Micrograph of a lymph node with Kikuchi disease showing the characteristic features (abundant histiocytes, necrosis without neutrophils). H&E stain. | |
Specialty | Angiology |
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It was first described by Dr Masahiro Kikuchi (1935–2012) in 1972[6] and independently by Y. Fujimoto.