Go EJ, Jung YJ, Han SB, Suh BK, Kang JH. A case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease with autoimmune thyroiditis.
KOREAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS 2012;
55:445-8. [PMID:
23227065 PMCID:
PMC3510275 DOI:
10.3345/kjp.2012.55.11.445]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2012] [Revised: 07/19/2012] [Accepted: 07/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a benign self-limiting disease characterized by fever and lymphadenitis. The etiology and pathogenesis of KFD is unclear. However, two hypotheses have been suggested: a viral infection hypothesis and an autoimmune hypothesis. Several KFD patients with various types of autoimmune diseases have been reported, and these reports support the hypothesis for autoimmune pathogenesis of KFD. Here, we report the case of a 17-year-old female patient diagnosed with KFD and autoimmune thyroiditis. This case serves as additional evidence that the etiology of KFD is autoimmune origin.
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