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==Kikuchi disease== | ==Kikuchi disease== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Rare disease that may mimic cancer. | *AKA ''histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis''.<ref name="pmid15570824">{{cite journal |author=Kaushik V, Malik TH, Bishop PW, Jones PH |title=Histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis (Kikuchi's disease): a rare cause of cervical lymphadenopathy |journal=Surgeon |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=179–82 |year=2004 |month=June |pmid=15570824 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Rare disease that may mimic cancer, esp. lymphoma. | |||
*Treatment: oral corticosteroids. | |||
===Micrograph=== | |||
Features:<ref>URL: [http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_head_and_neck_surgery/volume_1_number_1_30/article_printable/kikuchi_s_lymphadenitis_in_a_young_male.html http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_head_and_neck_surgery/volume_1_number_1_30/article_printable/kikuchi_s_lymphadenitis_in_a_young_male.html]. Accessed on: 1 June 2010.</ref> | |||
*Necrosis. | |||
*Histiocytes. | |||
===IHC=== | |||
*CD68 +ve. | |||
*CD20, CD3, and CD30 - mixed. | |||
**Done to excluded lymphoma; should show a mixed population of lymphocytes. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 14:27, 1 June 2010
This article deals with lymph node pathology. An introduction to the lymph node is in the lymph nodes article.
Kikuchi disease
General
- AKA histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis.[1]
- Rare disease that may mimic cancer, esp. lymphoma.
- Treatment: oral corticosteroids.
Micrograph
Features:[2]
- Necrosis.
- Histiocytes.
IHC
- CD68 +ve.
- CD20, CD3, and CD30 - mixed.
- Done to excluded lymphoma; should show a mixed population of lymphocytes.
See also
References
- ↑ Kaushik V, Malik TH, Bishop PW, Jones PH (June 2004). "Histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis (Kikuchi's disease): a rare cause of cervical lymphadenopathy". Surgeon 2 (3): 179–82. PMID 15570824.
- ↑ URL: http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_head_and_neck_surgery/volume_1_number_1_30/article_printable/kikuchi_s_lymphadenitis_in_a_young_male.html. Accessed on: 1 June 2010.