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We report the case of a 40 year-old Nepali man admitted to the hospital with a one month history of fever associated with swelling, pain, and redness on the right side of the neck. On examination, tender lymph nodes were palpated in the right posterior cervical triangle. Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy showed hemophagocytosis. Cervical lymph node biopsy showed the typical necrotizing lymphadenitis of Kikuchi's disease. The patient was given non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (Naproxen 500 mg twice daily orally). After ten days, the fever and lymphadenopathy subsided and he was consequently discharged.
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Linfadenite Histiocítica Necrosante/complicações , Linfo-Histiocitose Hemofagocítica/complicações , Adulto , Linfadenite Histiocítica Necrosante/patologia , Linfadenite Histiocítica Necrosante/terapia , Humanos , Linfo-Histiocitose Hemofagocítica/patologia , Linfo-Histiocitose Hemofagocítica/terapia , MasculinoRESUMO
A 32-year-old man presented with 3-weeks history of abdominal pain and distention. Physical examination showed ascites, with no stigmata of chronic liver disease. Cytological preparations from the ascitic fluid showed a heavy population of mature eosinophils. Histological examination of colonic biopsies revealed a heavy expansion of the mucosa by sheaths of eosinophils. On the following days, the peripheral eosinophilia, ascites and abdominal pain resolved spontaneously.
