Kimura disease. No age or ethnicity limit

2016 
Kimura disease is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly manifests as a lump in the cervical region. Although the underlying pathophysiology is not clear yet, the diagnosis can be established based on specific histopathological characteristics. The first case of this disease was described in China, as well as the majority of subsequent cases that were also described in the Far East countries made Kimura disease traditionally a disease of adult patients of Asian descent. This report describes the occurrence of Kimura disease in pediatric non-Asian patient with a similar clinicopathologic presentation. Saudi Med J 2016; Vol. 37 (3): 315-319 doi: 10.15537/smj.2016.3.14448 How to cite this article AlGhamdi FE, Al-Khatib TA, Marzouki HZ, AlGarni MA. Kimura disease. No age or ethnicity limit.  Saudi Med J 2016; 37: 315-319.
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