PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - AlGhamdi, Fares E.
AU  - Al-Khatib, Talal A.
AU  - Marzouki, Hani Z.
AU  - AlGarni, Mohammed A
TI  - Kimura disease
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2016.3.14448
DP  - 2016 Mar 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 315--319
VI  - 37
IP  - 3
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/37/3/315.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/37/3/315.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2016 Mar 01; 37
AB  - Kimura disease is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly manifests as a lump in the cervical region. Although the underlying pathophysiology is not clear yet, the diagnosis can be established based on specific histopathological characteristics. The first case of this disease was described in China, as well as the majority of subsequent cases that were also described in the Far East countries made Kimura disease traditionally a disease of adult patients of Asian descent. This report describes the occurrence of Kimura disease in pediatric non-Asian patient with a similar clinicopathologic presentation.