Kimura's disease: an unusual cause of cervical tumour

Arch Dis Child. 1997 Aug;77(2):153-4. doi: 10.1136/adc.77.2.153.

Abstract

An 11 year old Chinese boy developed a unilateral cervical mass associated with pronounced eosinophilia and a marked increase in IgE concentrations. A biopsy sample showed massive eosinophilic tissue infiltration consistent with Kimura's disease. This disorder should be suspected when the clinical triad of painless unilateral cervical adenopathy, hypereosinophilia, and hyper-IgE is present, particularly in male Asian patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / complications*
  • Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / immunology
  • Asia / ethnology
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin E / blood*
  • Lymphatic Diseases / etiology*
  • Lymphatic Diseases / immunology
  • Male
  • Neck

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin E