Kimura’s disease of the tongue: a new case report
Abstract Kimura’s disease (KD), a chronic inflammatory disease of uncertain etiology, manifests as a painless subcutaneous swelling mostly in the head and neck region that involves major salivary glands and regional lymph nodes. To date, the majority of cases of KD have been documented in Asian men...
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| author | Muraja Aldoori Belal Alani Adham Ammar Moustafa Alkhalil |
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| description | Abstract Kimura’s disease (KD), a chronic inflammatory disease of uncertain etiology, manifests as a painless subcutaneous swelling mostly in the head and neck region that involves major salivary glands and regional lymph nodes. To date, the majority of cases of KD have been documented in Asian men aged 20–40 years. However, the number of reported cases of KD involving the oral and maxillofacial area is limited, and since the masses appear similar to cysts or benign tumors, the establishment of an accurate preoperative diagnosis is challenging. The accurate diagnosis of KD is considered to require surgical excision followed by histopathological examination. In this case report, we present a case of KD affecting the ventral surface of the tongue, a unique site of the disease that is not reported earlier according to our knowledge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7ab41047cde74be3aa40076276ab94c22024-04-16T23:07:00ZengSpringerOpenThe Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology1012-55742090-85392018-11-0134434134410.4103/ejo.ejo_19_18Kimura’s disease of the tongue: a new case reportMuraja Aldoori0Belal Alani1Adham Ammar2Moustafa Alkhalil3Hamad Medical CorporationHamad Medical CorporationHamad Medical CorporationHamad Medical CorporationAbstract Kimura’s disease (KD), a chronic inflammatory disease of uncertain etiology, manifests as a painless subcutaneous swelling mostly in the head and neck region that involves major salivary glands and regional lymph nodes. To date, the majority of cases of KD have been documented in Asian men aged 20–40 years. However, the number of reported cases of KD involving the oral and maxillofacial area is limited, and since the masses appear similar to cysts or benign tumors, the establishment of an accurate preoperative diagnosis is challenging. The accurate diagnosis of KD is considered to require surgical excision followed by histopathological examination. In this case report, we present a case of KD affecting the ventral surface of the tongue, a unique site of the disease that is not reported earlier according to our knowledge.http://link.springer.com/article/10.4103/ejo.ejo_19_18angiolymphoid hyperplasiakimurarare tongue lesion |
| spellingShingle | Muraja Aldoori Belal Alani Adham Ammar Moustafa Alkhalil Kimura’s disease of the tongue: a new case report The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology angiolymphoid hyperplasia kimura rare tongue lesion |
| title | Kimura’s disease of the tongue: a new case report |
| title_full | Kimura’s disease of the tongue: a new case report |
| title_fullStr | Kimura’s disease of the tongue: a new case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kimura’s disease of the tongue: a new case report |
| title_short | Kimura’s disease of the tongue: a new case report |
| title_sort | kimura s disease of the tongue a new case report |
| topic | angiolymphoid hyperplasia kimura rare tongue lesion |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.4103/ejo.ejo_19_18 |
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