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• 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.