Abstract
Kikuchi’s disease or histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis is a distinct benign clinicopathologic entity which is to be distinguished from malignant conditions, especially lymphoma.
We report a young woman with Kikuchi’s disease presenting with cervical lymphadenopathy and mild hepatomegaly. CT and US findings are presented as well as a review of the pertinent literature
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Laufer, L., Schulman, H., Barki, Y. et al. CT and US features of cervical lymphadenopathy due to kikuchi’s disease. IJO & HNS 49, 337–340 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02994646
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