Affiliation:
1. Department of Dermatology, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
2. Department of Paediatrics, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Abstract
Kikuchi’s disease is also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis. It is a rare, idiopathic, self-limiting disease presenting with fever, malaise, and generalized lymphadenopathy, mostly in young females, although it has been occasionally reported in the pediatric population. Cutaneous manifestations are visible in around 16%–40% of cases, ranging from nonspecific papules, plaques, nodules, and ulcers favoring the face, upper extremities, and trunk. We report here a case of an 11-year-old child who presented with fever, leukopenia, lymphadenopathy, and cutaneous eruption. A final diagnosis of Kikuchi’s disease was established after a lymph node biopsy report.