Kimura disease: No age or ethnicity limit

Authors

• Fares E. AlGhamdi, From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (AlGhamdi), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib, Marzouki), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, and the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (AlGarni), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Talal A. Al-Khatib, From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (AlGhamdi), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib, Marzouki), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, and the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (AlGarni), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Hani Z. Marzouki, From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (AlGhamdi), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib, Marzouki), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, and the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (AlGarni), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Mohammed A AlGarni, From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (AlGhamdi), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib, Marzouki), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, and the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (AlGarni), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Kimura disease is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly manifests as a lump in the cervical region. Although the underlying pathophysiology is not clear yet, the diagnosis can be established based on specific histopathological characteristics. The first case of this disease was described in China, as well as the majority of subsequent cases that were also described in the Far East countries made Kimura disease traditionally a disease of adult patients of Asian descent. This report describes the occurrence of Kimura disease in pediatric non-Asian patient with a similar clinicopathologic presentation.

Article Type

Case Report

First Page

315

Last Page

319

Recommended Citation

AlGhamdi, Fares E.; Al-Khatib, Talal A.; Marzouki, Hani Z.; and AlGarni, Mohammed A (2016) "Kimura disease: No age or ethnicity limit," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 37: Iss. 3, Article 15.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.3.14448