The kikuchi-fujimoto disease in Nigeria: a case report and literature review.
Akinsegun AkinbamiMojeed OdesanyaSunday SoyemiSarah John-OlabodeAdewumi AdediranOlajumoke O OshinaikeEbele UcheAdedoyin DosunmuAkinola DadaOlaitan OkunoyePublished in: Case reports in medicine (2014)
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.