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Subacute Necrotizing Lymphadenitis (Kikuchi's Disease) in a Child with Atopic Asthma
Dong Jun Kim, Seong Yeoub Moon, Ha Baik Lee, Yeong Hae Koh
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1995;38(8):1141-1145.   Published online August 15, 1995
Subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis (Kikuchi's disease) is an increasingly recognized cause of cervical lymphadenitis since it has been described by Japanese doctors in 1972. It generally follows a benign course, when symptoms and signs of the disease are resolved usually within 1 to 6 months. We experienced a case of subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis in a 12 year-old boy with atopic bronchial asthma...