Kimura’s Disease—A Rare Cause of Head and Neck Swelling

Kiran Rao, Sudesh Kumar

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dental Sciences, Jammu, India.
SGRD Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, India.

DOI: 10.4236/ijohns.2014.34037                

Abstract

Kimura’s disease (KD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder with unknown etiology, most commonly manifesting as painless unilateral cervical lymphadenopathy or subcutaneous masses in the head or neck region. The disease is characterized by a triad of painless subcutaneous masses in the head or neck region, blood and tissue eosinophilia, and markedly elevated serum immunoglobulin E levels. Kimura’s disease is an unusual vascular tumor that typically occurs at 20 to 30 years of age. There has been no documented case of malignant transformation; however, recurrence rates after excision may be as high as 25%. Surgery and medical therapy are useful for treatment. We present a 14 years old male developed a unilateral cervical mass associated with KD. It was a recurrence of disease. As a complete excisional resection of the mass already done 1 year back at some other centre, we decided to give medical treatment for Kimura’s disease.

Keywords

Kimura’s Disease, Eosinophilia, Neck Swelling

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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