The Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in Nigeria:  A Case Report and Literature Review

Akinsegun Akinbami; Mojeed Odesanya; Sunday Soyemi; Sarah John-Olabode; Adewumi Adediran; Olajumoke Oshinaike; Ebele Uche; Adedoyin Dosunmu; Akinola Dada; Olaitan Okunoye

doi:10.1155/2014/171029

Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2014)

The Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in Nigeria: A Case Report and Literature Review

Akinsegun Akinbami,
Mojeed Odesanya,
Sunday Soyemi,
Sarah John-Olabode,
Adewumi Adediran,
Olajumoke Oshinaike,
Ebele Uche,
Adedoyin Dosunmu,
Akinola Dada,
Olaitan Okunoye

Affiliations

Akinsegun Akinbami: Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, College of Medicine, Lagos State University, PMB 21266, Ikeja, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Mojeed Odesanya: Oak Hospitals, 191 Lagos Road, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria
Sunday Soyemi: Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, College of Medicine, Lagos State University, PMB 21266, Ikeja, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Sarah John-Olabode: Department of Haematology and Immunology, Ben Carson School of Medicine, Babcock University, Ilishan, Ogun State, Nigeria
Adewumi Adediran: Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, PMB 12003, Lagos State, Nigeria
Olajumoke Oshinaike: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Lagos State University, PMB 21266, Ikeja, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Ebele Uche: Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, College of Medicine, Lagos State University, PMB 21266, Ikeja, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Adedoyin Dosunmu: Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, College of Medicine, Lagos State University, PMB 21266, Ikeja, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Akinola Dada: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Lagos State University, PMB 21266, Ikeja, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Olaitan Okunoye: Department of Medicine, University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323, Choba, Port Harcourt 234, Rivers State, Nigeria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/171029
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2014

Abstract

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The Kikuchi-Fujimoto is a rare, self-limiting disease, which is characterized by regional lymphadenopathy. It occurs worldwide with a higher prevalence among Asians and women below the age of forty years. We present 41-year-old Nigerian woman who was investigated extensively for unilateral left cervical lymphadenopathy. She was eventually diagnosed as having the Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease and was managed conservatively thereafter. We describe a case report and review of literature for better awareness of the disease amongst medical practitioners and pathologists in Africa.

Published in Case Reports in Medicine

ISSN: 1687-9627 (Print); 1687-9635 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1683

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