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괴사성 림프절염 4례

권태형1, 이병돈1, 장혁순1, 강주원1
Tae Hyung Kwon1, Byung Don Lee1, Hyuck Soon Chang1, Ju Won Kang1
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1순천향대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실
1Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University

© Copyright 1993 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis(HNL), or Kikuchi’s disease, is a newly recognized disease of unknown origin, that causes cervical lymphadenitis and may be mistaken for malignant disease both clinically and histologically. This disease is a benign self-limiting course and occurs predominantly in young aduU. Common manifestations are cervical lymph nodes enlargement, fever, weight loss and night sweats. Lymph node biopsy reveals areas with frank cellular necrosis, karyorrhexis, infiltration of lymphocyte and granulocytopenia. Symptoms resolve spontaneously and lymph node biopsy is necessary to excluded malignant disease and systemic lupus erythematosis.

Authors report the clinicopathologic study about 4 patients, 4 males, who were diagnosed as HNL on exeisional and fine needle aspiration biopsy.

Keywords: Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis; Lymph Node Biopsy