Kikuchi’s disease also called histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis or Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is an uncommon, idiopathic, generally self-limited cause of lymphadenitis. It is commonly seen in young females of Asian descent. It presents commonly with fever and tender cervical lymphadenopathy. Diagnosis is done by excisional biopsy and histopathological with sometimes immunohistochemical examination. Histopathologic features of lymph nodes in Kikuchi’s disease are characteristic and permit differentiation of this benign condition from lymphomas, systemic lupus erythematosus and infectious lymphadenopathies like tuberculosis. Here we present a case of Kikuchi disease who responded adequately to conservative treatment.
