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Bilateral asymmetric superficial soft tissue masses with extensive involvement of both upper extremities: demonstration of Kimura’s disease by US and MRI (2008: 12b)

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Kimura’s disease is known as a rare chronic inflammatory disease occurring mainly in the head and neck regions of Asian male patients. We present a case of Kimura’s disease with extensive involvement of the bilateral upper extremities in a 20-year-old Korean man. Ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated the presence of partially ill-defined, conglomerated soft tissue masses centered in the subcutaneous layer of both upper arms, with cranial extension along the cutaneous nerve in the right lesion. Medial epitrochlear, axillary and lower cervical lymphadenopathy accompanied the masses.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, 1, Heokidong Dongdaemun-ku, Seoul, 130-702, Korea

    Ji Seon Park & Kyung Nam Ryu

  2. Department of Radiology, East-West Neo Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

    Wook Jin

  3. Department of Pathology, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

    Kyu Yeoun Won

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Park, J.S., Jin, W., Ryu, K.N. et al. Bilateral asymmetric superficial soft tissue masses with extensive involvement of both upper extremities: demonstration of Kimura’s disease by US and MRI (2008: 12b). Eur Radiol 19, 781–786 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-008-1059-x

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