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The Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in Nigeria: A Case Report and Literature Review

Published:2014 Issue: Volume:2014 Page:1-3
ISSN:1687-9627
Container-title:Case Reports in Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:Case Reports in Medicine

Author:

Akinbami Akinsegun¹,Odesanya Mojeed²,Soyemi Sunday³,John-Olabode Sarah⁴,Adediran Adewumi⁵,Oshinaike Olajumoke⁶^ORCID,Uche Ebele¹^ORCID,Dosunmu Adedoyin¹,Dada Akinola⁶,Okunoye Olaitan⁷

Affiliation:

1. Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, College of Medicine, Lagos State University, PMB 21266, Ikeja, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria

2. Oak Hospitals, 191 Lagos Road, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria

3. Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, College of Medicine, Lagos State University, PMB 21266, Ikeja, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria

4. Department of Haematology and Immunology, Ben Carson School of Medicine, Babcock University, Ilishan, Ogun State, Nigeria

5. Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, PMB 12003, Lagos State, Nigeria

6. Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Lagos State University, PMB 21266, Ikeja, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria

7. Department of Medicine, University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323, Choba, Port Harcourt 234, Rivers State, Nigeria

Abstract

The Kikuchi-Fujimoto is a rare, self-limiting disease, which is characterized by regional lymphadenopathy. It occurs worldwide with a higher prevalence among Asians and women below the age of forty years. We present 41-year-old Nigerian woman who was investigated extensively for unilateral left cervical lymphadenopathy. She was eventually diagnosed as having the Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease and was managed conservatively thereafter. We describe a case report and review of literature for better awareness of the disease amongst medical practitioners and pathologists in Africa.

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/crim/2014/171029.pdf

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