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Kimura's disease: a diagnostic challenge.

Avinash K Shetty·Michael W Beaty·William F McGuirt·Charles R Woods·Laurence B Givner
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Kimura's disease is a rare inflammatory disorder of unknown cause, primarily seen in young Asian males. The disease is characterized by a triad of painless subcutaneous masses in the head or neck region, blood and tissue eosinophilia, and markedly elevated serum immunoglobulin E levels. We describe an 11-year-old Asian boy with Kimura's disease who presented with a chronic left neck mass. The diagnosis was based on the characteristic histopathologic findings after surgical excision in conjunction with peripheral eosinophilia and elevated serum immunoglobulin E levels. Pediatricians in western countries should be aware of the clinical presentation of Kimura's disease.

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Avinash K Shetty, Michael W Beaty, William F McGuirt, Charles R Woods, Laurence B Givner. 2002. Kimura's disease: a diagnostic challenge.. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.110.3.e39

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