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Kikuehi’s disease or histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis is an uncommon cause of cervical lymphadenopathy. Clinically it resembles tuberculosis or lymphoma. Although, this condition is well known to the pathologists, few ENT surgeons are aware of this entity.
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Gupta, A.K., Reddy, C.E.E., Banerjee, A.K. et al. Kikuchi’s disease mimicking lymphoma. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 53, 133–134 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02991507
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