Kikuchi Fujimoto Disease in a Tunisian Woman

Zarrouk, S.¹, El Euch, M.^1,2*, Kefi, A.¹, Ben Hamida, F.^1,2, Ben Abdelghani, K.¹, Turki, S.¹ & Ben Abdallah, T.¹

¹Department of Internal Medicine “A”, Charles Nicolle Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
²Research Laboratory of Kidney Diseases (LR00SP01), Charles Nicolle Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

Dr. Mounira El Euch, Department of Internal Medicine “A” & Research Laboratory of Kidney Diseases (LR00SP01), Charles Nicolle Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.

Keywords: Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease (KFD); Anemia; Autoimmune Diseases

Abstract

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a subacute necrotizing regional lymphadenopathy. It’s a rare, benign and self-limited disease. We report a rare observation of a woman admitted with joint pain, which was related finally to KFD.

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