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- Title
Kimura Disease of the Breast - A Previously Undescribed Entity.
- Authors
Kakkar, Aanchal; Gupta, Rakesh Kumar; Khanna, Paras; Balasundaram, Partheeban; Ray, Ruma; Shukla, Nootan K.
- Abstract
Kimura disease ( KD) is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, primarily seen in young Asian males. The disease is characterized by a triad of painless subcutaneous masses in the head and neck region, blood and tissue eosinophilia, and elevated serum immunoglobulin E levels. We report an unusual case of a 40-year-old woman found to have KD of the breast which presented clinically as carcinoma, leading to a diagnostic dilemma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of KD in the breast to be documented in the literature. The patient also had scabies, which may have provided the stimulus for hypersensitivity, which is considered to be the pathogenetic mechanism responsible for development of KD.
- Subjects
BREAST cancer diagnosis; BREAST cancer surgery; SCABIES; ALLERGIES; BIOPSY; BREAST cancer; CANCER chemotherapy; CHRONIC diseases; CYTOLOGY; EOSINOPHILIA; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH nodes; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; SEX distribution; SYMPTOMS; DISEASE complications; DUCTAL carcinoma; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Breast Journal, 2016, Vol 22, Issue 4, p456
- ISSN
1075-122X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/tbj.12603