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{{ Infobox diagnosis
{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      = Kimura_disease_-_very_high_mag.jpg  
| Image      = Kimura_disease_-_very_high_mag.jpg
| Width      =
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| Caption    = Kimura disease. [[H&E stain]].
| Caption    = Kimura disease. [[H&E stain]].
| Micro      = eosinophils and thick walled [[blood vessel]]s with hobnailed endothelial cells
| Micro      = eosinophils and thick walled [[blood vessel]]s with [[hobnail]]ed endothelial cells
| Subtypes  =
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = [[angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia]], [[drug reaction]], infection (parasitic), [[lymphoma]], [[LCH]]
| LMDDx      = [[angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia]], [[drug reaction]], infection (parasitic), [[lymphoma]], [[LCH]]
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| Grossing  =
| Grossing  =
| Site      = [[lymph node]], head and neck
| Site      = [[lymph node]], head and neck
| Assdx      =
| Syndromes  =
| Clinicalhx =
| Signs      =
| Signs      =
| Symptoms  =
| Symptoms  =
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Features:<ref name=Ref_ILNP190>{{Ref ILNP|190}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_ILNP190>{{Ref ILNP|190}}</ref>
*Angiolymphoid proliferation.
*Angiolymphoid proliferation.
**Thick walled blood vessels with (plump) hobnail endothelial cells.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1098777-diagnosis http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1098777-diagnosis]. Accessed on: 8 August 2010.</ref>
**Thick walled blood vessels with (plump) [[hobnail]] endothelial cells.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1098777-diagnosis http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1098777-diagnosis]. Accessed on: 8 August 2010.</ref>
*Eosinophils - abundant - '''key feature'''.
*Eosinophils - abundant - '''key feature'''.


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Image:Kimura_disease_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Kimura disease - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image:Kimura_disease_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Kimura disease - intermed. mag. (WC)
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==IHC==
==IHC==
*Used to rule-out a clonal population, i.e. [[lymphoma]].
*Used to rule-out a clonal population, i.e. [[lymphoma]].