1.
Neurol Sci
; 34(8): 1481-3, 2013 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23124488
Subject(s)
Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis/diagnosis , Meningitis, Aseptic/diagnosis , Tuberculosis, Meningeal/diagnosis , Adenosine Deaminase/blood , Adult , Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis/cerebrospinal fluid , Humans , Lymph Nodes/cytology , Male , Meningitis, Aseptic/cerebrospinal fluid , Tuberculosis, Meningeal/cerebrospinal fluid
2.
J Neurol Sci
; 163(2): 187-91, 1999 Mar 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10371083
ABSTRACT
Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, or Kikuchi's disease (KD), is a self-limited clinicopathologic entity recognized increasingly worldwide. A 27-year-old man with cervical lymphadenopathy and fever who was diagnosed with KD developed mild headache with no nuchal rigidity. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was sterile and contained 78 white blood cells/mm3 with lymphocytes predominating, accompanied by smaller numbers of monocytes and granulocytes. This abnormality normalized spontaneously over 5 weeks. Eleven similar cases have been reported, all but one from Japan. The development of meningitis in KD was observed in four (9.8%) of 41 KD patients we have treated, suggesting that the meningitis was related to KD and not merely coincidental.