Cervical lymph node tuberculosis simulating Kikuchi’s disease: A case report and review of the literature
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Keywords
Kikuchi disease, lymph node, cervical lymphadenopathy, CT
Abstract
Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis is the most common manifestation of tuberculosis in the head and neck. Kikuchi’s disease is a rare disease that is histocitiaria necrotizing lymphadenitis. The clinical presentation in both entities is usually a painful neck masses or more, which can be hard or fluctuating. The imaging findings do not distinguish in absolute tuberculous lymphadenitis Kikuchi’s disease. Therefore it is essential to inter- pret the imaging findings not only know the origin of the patient population, but their immune status with regard to Tuberculosis and histopathological and microbiological lymphadenopathy.