Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease presenting in a patient with SARS-CoV-2: a case report.

Samuel D RacetteBorislav A AlexievMichael P AngaroneAjay BhasinKaitlin LimaLawrence J JenningsSenthil BalasubramanianAkihiro J Matsuoka

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)

This is the first report of a patient developing Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Clinicians should be aware of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease as a possibility when approaching patients with hyper-inflammatory states who present with cervical lymphadenopathy.

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