Therapeutic Advances in Hematology (Oct 2020)

Older-age onset of Kimura’s disease

  • Eiichi Kakehi,
  • Kazuhiko Kotani,
  • Tsubasa Yoshida,
  • Tsubasa Nakai,
  • Shigehisa Sakurai,
  • Akane Hirotani,
  • Kaduyo Simizu,
  • Takafumi Nozaki,
  • Keisuke Shoji,
  • Seiji Adachi,
  • Masami Matsumura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2040620720962596
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

Read online

A 60-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with bilateral post auricular masses, first noticed 1 year earlier. Blood tests showed eosinophilia and high immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels, and cervical computed tomography showed 10-mm soft tissue masses with scattered lymphadenopathy. The tumors showed intermediate and high signal intensity on T1- and T2-weighted cervical magnetic resonance imaging, respectively. After mass resection, the tumors were diagnosed as Kimura’s disease (KD). Generally, KD affects young men; however, even in older patients, KD should be included as a differential diagnosis for head and neck tumors in patients with eosinophilia and high IgE.