[Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis].

Abstract

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis) was described in 1972 as a process which tends to heal spontaneously, characterized by cervical adenopathy, fever, and leukopenia. We present the case of a female patient, age 43 years, who presented manifestations of parotitis, cervical adenopathies, fever, and leukopenia. Observations were made by ultrasound, tomography, magnetic resonance, and positron emission tomography combined with simple tomography. A biopsy of lymph nodes in the neck was taken. Conclusion: diagnosis is always histopathological and with immunohistochemical studies.