Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease: A Rare Cause of Acute Laryngeal Dyspnea.

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

Otolaryngology Department, Military Hospital Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco.

Published: June 2023

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is an uncommon benign and self-limited condition characterized mainly by fever and lymphadenopathy. It rarely presents with life-threatening symptoms. Our paper reports the case of a 32 years-old woman who presented with acute laryngeal dyspnea and important neck-swelling, that later proved to be secondary to KFD.

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