Oropharyngeal Kimura's disease: a diagnostic dilemma and therapeutic challenge.

gnorimies20.15 shared this article with you from Inoreader Oropharyngeal Kimura's disease: a diagnostic dilemma and therapeutic challenge. Via Head and Neck Related Articles Oropharyngeal Kimura's disease: a diagnostic dilemma and therapeutic challenge. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Oct 30;13(10): Authors: Saravanam PK, Gajendran A, Dinakaran N, Jayaraman D Abstract Kimura's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder involving subcutaneous tissue and locoregional lymph nodes of head and neck region, characterised by angiolymphoid proliferation. It is typically associated with peripheral eosinophilia, increased serum IgE and lymphadenopathy. Diagnosis is usually based on histopathological examination. Though various treatment modalities have been put forward, surgical management remains the first line of treatment, followed by systemic steroids application. This case report discusses the diagnostic dilemma and therapeutic management of a rare clinical presentation and management of oropharyngeal Kimura's disease in a young immunocompetent woman. PMID: 33127696 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.