Pediatr Allergy Respir Dis.
2006 Dec;16(4):349-354.
Kimura Disease Associated with Allergy and Remote Parasite Infection
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea. pedneu@gsnu.ac.kr
- 2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea.
Abstract
- Kimura disease is rare chronic inflammatory disorder of an unknown etiology and it has a predilection for males of Asian descent. It typically presents with non-tender subcutaneous swellings in the head and neck region, peripheral eosinophilia and an elevated immunoglobulin E level. We present here the case of 8-year-old boy with a past history of food allergy, and he developed swelling of the left neck and incidental eosinophilia. Kimura disease was diagnosed on the basis of the clinical and histological findings. The serum IgG titer of cysticercosis was twice the normal level. After surgical excision of the subcutaneous lesion, the patients eosinophilia was dramatically decreased. We suggest that allergy and remote parasite infection may be the causality or a triggering factor for Kimura disease.
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