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Age and Ageing 2008 37(2):233-234; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm200
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Copyright © The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society.

Case Reports

Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease as a rare cause of fever of unknown origin in a septuagenarian

Paul R. Fitzsimmons, Asangaedem Akpan and Benedict Michael

Warrington Hospital, Department of Geriatric Medicine, United Kingdom, UK

Address correspondence to: Pauk Raymond Fitzsimmons Email: pfitz{at}doctors.org.uk

Abstract

We report the case of a 72-year patient presented with fever of unknown origin. Initial clinical and radiological findings suggested a diagnosis of lymphoma. However, subsequent histology revealed Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD). KFD is predominantly a self-limiting disease of the young, but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of older patients presenting with fever of unknown origin or features suggestive of lymphoma.

Keywords: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, fever, necrotising lymphadenitis, elderly

Received 16 August 2007; accepted in revised form 27 September 2007.


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