Kikuchi-fujimoto disease

Abstract

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) manifests in most cases as unilateral cervical lymphadenopathy, with or without accompanying fever. The disease mainly affects young women and has a self-limited course. It should be included in the differential diagnosis in suspected cases of viral infections, tuberculosis, reactive lymphadenitis, systemic lupus erythematosus and metastatic diseases. It can be histologically confused with lymphoma. The disease is benign and self-limiting and an excisional biopsy of an affected lymph node is necessary for diagnosis. There is no specific therapy.