Dyspnea and Cough: A Rare Report of the Kimura Disease-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Dyspnea and Cough: A Rare Report of the Kimura Disease

Published:2020-07-17 Issue:6 Volume:20 Page:963-966
ISSN:1871-5303
Container-title:Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets
language:en
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Author:

Ebrahimi Mehran¹^ORCID,Mohebbi Ali²,Rabbani Ali²^ORCID,Ghamari Azin³^ORCID,Nasri Maryam²^ORCID,Saberian Masoomeh⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Immunology, Growth and Development Research Centre, Children‘s Medical Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2. Department of Endocrinology, Growth and Development Research Centre, Children's Medical Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3. Department of Cardiology, Growth and Development Research Centre, Children‘s Medical Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

4. Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Growth and Development Research Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background:Known as a rare disease, Kimura disease is a chronic, allergic and inflammatory process. It may overlap other allergic conditions, as well.Case Presentation:This study is going to present a 36-year-old woman, with cough, dyspnea and bone pain. Other differential diagnoses were excluded during the investigations. The definite diagnosis was made by excisional biopsy and pathological investigations.Conclusion:This was a rare medical condition with remarkable diagnostic challenge.

Publisher

Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.

Subject

Immunology and Allergy,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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