[Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: two cases].

Ann Med Interne (Paris)

Service de Médecine Interne A, Hôtel-Dieu-CHU, 44093 Nantes Cedex 1.

Published: March 2003

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, or necrotizing histiocyte lymphadenitis, is a rare anatomo-clinical entity of unknown cause. The patients present painful cervical lymph nodes, fever, and a flu-like syndrome, but the spontaneous course is usually favorable in six months. We observed two cases within six months in our unit. Both patients improved rapidly after diagnostic adenectomy.

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