Key result
Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) enabled a prompt and accurate preoperative diagnosis of Kimura's disease in a 16-year-old boy with intraparotid lymph node involvement.
Case Report (n=1)
FNAB is a safe and accurate procedure for the prompt preliminary diagnosis of Kimura's disease in the outpatient setting.
May support FNAB for preoperative diagnosis in rare intraparotid Kimura's disease; hypothesis-generating and requires validation before wider adoption.
A case of Kimura's disease involving two intraparotid lymph nodes is described in a 16-year-old Caucasian boy presenting with a painless swelling of the right parotid gland. A preoperative diagnosis of Kimura's disease was made on the basis of fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) and was confirmed by histological evaluation of the surgical specimen. FNAB is a safe and accurate procedure that can be used in the outpatient setting to enable a prompt preliminary diagnosis.
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Boccato et al. (1999) conducted a case report in Kimura's disease of the intraparotid lymph nodes (n=1). Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) was evaluated on Preoperative diagnosis of Kimura's disease. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) enabled a prompt and accurate preoperative diagnosis of Kimura's disease in a 16-year-old boy with intraparotid lymph node involvement.
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