Key result
A 27-year-old female was diagnosed with Kimura's disease presenting as a unilateral single nodular swelling in the right postauricular region, confirmed by histopathology and elevated IgE levels.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a rare presentation of Kimura's disease in a young female with postauricular swelling.
Alerts clinicians to KD in non-Asian females; leaves open need for larger cohorts to update epidemiology and criteria.
Kimura's disease (KD) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease of subcutaneous tissues and occurs predominantly in head and neck region. It is seen primarily in young Asian males. Typical clinical presentations are painless subcutaneous masses, regional lymph node enlargement, blood and tissue hypereosinophilia, and increased serum IgE levels. Here, we present a case of a 27-year-old female who presented with unilateral single nodular swelling in the right postauricular region. The diagnosis of KD was done based on characteristic histopathologic finding in conjunction with peripheral eosinophilia and increase in serum IgE levels.
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Azmi et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Kimura's disease (n=1). A 27-year-old female was diagnosed with Kimura's disease presenting as a unilateral single nodular swelling in the right postauricular region, confirmed by histopathology and elevated IgE levels.
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