@article { author = {Anikhindi, Shrihari and Arora, Anil and Dhawan, Shashi and Bansal, Naresh and Sharma, Praveen and Singla, Vikas and Kumar, Ashish}, title = {Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease: A Rare Presentation with Localized Iliac Lymphadenitis}, journal = {Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences}, volume = {42}, number = {1}, pages = {94-97}, year = {2016}, publisher = {Shiraz University of Medical Sciences}, issn = {0253-0716}, eissn = {1735-3688}, doi = {}, abstract = {Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a benign, self-limiting disease characterized by histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis. Though several viral agents or an autoimmune etiology has been proposed as causative, the exact cause remains unknown. It has a female predilection and most commonly seen among young Asian people. Patients usually present with a febrile illness and the presence of lymphadenopathy may provide a clue to diagnosis. The most common site of lymphadenopathy is cervical lymph nodes while intra-abdominal involvement is uncommon. Cases of KFD presenting with intra-abdominal lymphadenopathy have been reported to occur with equal frequency in both sexes. Abdominal tuberculosis, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and systemic lupus erythematosus are close differential diagnoses for this type of presentation. Treatment is mostly supportive as the disease usually resolves spontaneously; steroids are only required in severe cases. We report a 32-year-old male patient of intra-abdominal lymphadenitis that presented as fever of unknown origin (FUO) and diagnosed by excisional biopsy as a case of KFD.}, keywords = {Histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis,Fever of unknown origin,Abdomen}, url = {https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_40419.html}, eprint = {https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_40419_90b388e70c126974e1187bee88918406.pdf} }