Kimura’s Disease of Face: A Clinicopathological Presentation and Review.

ABSTRACT

Kimura’s disease is an extremely unusual disorder of benign nature affecting the connective tissue, and primarily seen in young males in countries of Asian pacifi c region particularly in China and Japan. This is characterized by three essential components of diagnostic importance. (a) Painless benign subcutaneous masses and rarely lymph nodes most predominantly in the head and neck region and usually solitary, (b) Gross eosinophilia in the blood and also in the affected tissue, (c) Markedly elevated serum immunoglobulin E levels. We are reporting this extensive case in a male aged 28 years, and the lesion started when he was 15 years old, affecting the cheeks and submental region, right parotid gland, and associated lymph nodes. Since we operated all the three masses, we present our operative and clinical experiences along with histopathological fi ndings. We are also reviewing the cases already reported earlier and the problems of clinical diagnosis and to differentiate from other diseases which may simulate this disease. Relative merits of all the treatment protocols and the outcome of the disease is also discussed in the light of our experience with this patient.