Saad Shafqat, Saima Bano Memon, Shiraz Hyder, Sheema H Hasan, Raymond A Smego Jr.
Brainstem encephalitis with Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Nov 2003;13(11):663-4.
The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi
A case of young woman is described who developed clinical and MRI features of brainstem encephalitis in the setting of fever and cervical lymphadenopathy. Lymph node biopsy revealed histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis (Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease), which may reflect host response to an unspecified immune insult.
Category: Case Reports
Keywords: Brainstem. Encephalitis. Lymphadenitis. Lymphadenopathy. Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease.
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