RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Kimura disease
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 315
OP 319
DO 10.15537/smj.2016.3.14448
VO 37
IS 3
A1 AlGhamdi, Fares E.
A1 Al-Khatib, Talal A.
A1 Marzouki, Hani Z.
A1 AlGarni, Mohammed A
YR 2016
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/37/3/315.abstract
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.