Clinical outcome and predictive factors of recurrence among patients with Kikuchi's disease

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the clinical outcome and predictive factors of recurrence among patients with Kikuchi's disease.

METHODS: Between January 2001 and December 2006, all patients with Kikuchi's disease were included in the study. Data were collected on co-morbidities, clinical manifestations, and ultrasound/laboratory findings, and the differences were compared between recurrent disease and non-recurrent disease groups.

RESULTS: The study included 102 patients with a mean age of 26.7 years. Among these patients, three developed systemic lupus erythematosus during the follow-up period, while two cases were later associated with tuberculosis. Eight patients (7.8%) experienced early relapse and 13 (12.7%) showed late recurrence. Patients with recurrent episodes were more likely to have fever and fatigue with extranodal involvement. Compared to the non-recurrent cases, recurrent cases remained symptomatic for a rather longer duration. The positive rate of the fluorescence anti-nuclear antibody (FANA) test was significantly higher in the recurrent disease group compared to the non-recurrent disease group.

CONCLUSIONS: Kikuchi's disease took a self-limiting clinical course in most cases, but the recurrence rate found in the present study was higher than that of previous reports. Kikuchi's disease might be a phenotype of diverse disease entities. The prognosis is different according to the underlying cause. The FANA test would be useful in predicting recurrence.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2009

Erschienen:

2009

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 13(2009), 3 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 322-6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Song, Joon Young [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jacob [VerfasserIn]
Park, Dae Won [VerfasserIn]
Sohn, Jang Wook [VerfasserIn]
Suh, Sang Il [VerfasserIn]
Kim, In Sun [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Woo Joo [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Min Ja [VerfasserIn]
Cheong, Hee Jin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Antinuclear
Journal Article

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Date Completed 17.07.2009

Date Revised 24.04.2009

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2008.06.022

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM186351135