TITLE:
Kimura’s Disease—A Rare Cause of Head and Neck Swelling
AUTHORS:
Kiran Rao, Sudesh Kumar
KEYWORDS:
Kimura’s Disease, Eosinophilia, Neck Swelling
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery,
Vol.3 No.4,
July
11,
2014
ABSTRACT: Kimura’s disease
(KD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder with unknown etiology, most commonly
manifesting as painless unilateral cervical lymphadenopathy or subcutaneous
masses in the head or neck region. The disease is characterized by a triad of
painless subcutaneous masses in the head or neck region, blood and tissue
eosinophilia, and markedly elevated serum immunoglobulin E levels. Kimura’s
disease is an unusual vascular tumor that typically occurs at 20 to 30 years of
age. There has been no documented case of malignant transformation; however,
recurrence rates after excision may be as high as 25%. Surgery and medical
therapy are useful for treatment. We present a 14 years old male developed a
unilateral cervical mass associated with KD. It was a recurrence of disease. As
a complete excisional resection of the mass already done 1 year back at some
other centre, we decided to give medical treatment for Kimura’s disease.