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Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports | Volume-4 | Issue-06
A rare case report: Kimura’s disease presenting as bilateral post auricular swellings in a young male.
Fakeha Firdous, Ch V Ramana Murthy, Y Ramaraju
Published: June 30, 2016 |
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DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2016.v04i06.008
Pages: 388-390
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Abstract
Kimura disease (KD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder with angiolymphatic proliferation, usually affecting young men of Asian race but is rare in other races. The disease is characterized by a triad of painless subcutaneous masses in head and neck region, blood and tissue eosinophilia and moderately elevated serum immunoglobulin E levels.