Kimura's disease
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Etiology
Epidemiology
- most common in young Asian men
Pathology
- chronic inflammatory disorder
Clinical manifestations
- subcutaneous masses of the head & neck,
- lymphadenopathy is common
- nephrotic syndrome is some casea
Laboratory
- complete blood count (CBC): eosinophilia
- serum IgE is elevated
- urine protein may be nephrotic level
Differential diagnosis
More general terms
References
- ↑ Stankovic KM, Tan OT, Sadow PM. Case 36-2015 - A 27-Year-Old Woman with a Lesion of the Ear Canal. N Engl J Med. 2015 Nov 19;373(21):2070-7. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26581000 <Internet> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcpc1410941