Affiliations 

  • 1 Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Department of Surgery, Temerloh, Pahang, Malaysia. dr_raguramasamy@yahoo.co.uk
  • 2 Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Department of Surgery, Temerloh, Pahang, Malaysia
  • 3 Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Department of Pathology, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 2014 Aug;69(4):199-201.
PMID: 25500854

Abstract

Kimura's disease is rare chronic inflammatory disease with a distinct clinicopathological entity. It has three major components; inflammatory, vascular and fibrosis. It has to be considered as a differential diagnosis in young patient presenting with head and neck swelling. Although of unknown aetiology many hypothesis has been postulated. Inflammation is the most prominent and predominating characteristic in this disease. Although reported to be predominant in Asian literature regarding this disease is scanty. We report a complete clinical-radiological and pathological picture of this disease.

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