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| ClinDDx    = [[lymphoma]], other causes of lymphadenopathy
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'''Kikuchi disease''', is a rare [[lymph node pathology]].
'''Kikuchi disease''', is a rare [[lymph node pathology|pathology of the lymph nodes]].


It is also known as '''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> abbreviated '''HNL''', and '''Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease'''.
It is also known as '''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> abbreviated '''HNL''', and '''Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease'''.
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*Rare disease that may mimic [[cancer]], esp. [[lymphoma]].
*Rare disease that may mimic [[cancer]], esp. [[lymphoma]].
**May cause fever & systemic symptoms.<ref name=pmid20121621>{{cite journal |author=Hutchinson CB, Wang E |title=Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=134 |issue=2 |pages=289–93 |year=2010 |month=February |pmid=20121621 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
**May cause fever & systemic symptoms.<ref name=pmid20121621>{{cite journal |author=Hutchinson CB, Wang E |title=Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=134 |issue=2 |pages=289–93 |year=2010 |month=February |pmid=20121621 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*Associated with the subsequent diagnosis of [[systemic lupus erythematosus]].<ref name=pmid24157995>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Scully | first1 = DF. | last2 = Walsh | first2 = C. | last3 = Eskander | first3 = HF. | last4 = Kane | first4 = D. | title = Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease--an unusual mimicker? | journal = N Z Med J | volume = 126 | issue = 1383 | pages = 85-8 | month = Sep | year = 2013 | doi =  | PMID = 24157995 }}</ref>


Epidemiology:<ref name=pmid20121621/>
Epidemiology:<ref name=pmid20121621/>
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DDx:
DDx:
*Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.  
*[[Non-Hodgkin lymphoma]].  
*[[Systemic lupus erythematosus]].
*[[Systemic lupus erythematosus]].
**Have ''hematoxyphil bodies'' in necrotic foci.
**Have ''hematoxyphil bodies'' in necrotic foci.
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