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Kimura’s Disease: A Case Report

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Kimura’s disease is a rare, benign, slow-growing chronic inflammatory swelling with a predilection for the head and neck region and almost always with peripheral blood eosinophilia and elevated serum IgE levels. Here, we report a 14-year-old male patient with left-sided cheek swelling. It was painless swelling situated anterior to left ear, of 1 year duration, without any other symptoms. Routine investigations were inconclusive. Excision biopsy revealed the diagnosis of Kimura’s disease.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Shri B M Patil Medical College & Research Centre, Bijapur, Karnataka, India

    Ashok Biradar, Aravind V. Patil, Manjunath S. Kotennavar & Manjunath Venkatachalaiah

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Biradar, A., Patil, A.V., Kotennavar, M.S. et al. Kimura’s Disease: A Case Report. Indian J Surg 75 (Suppl 1), 430–431 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-012-0750-y

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