Kimura Disease
A chronic inflammatory disease characterized by benign enlargement of cervical LYMPH NODE and SALIVARY GLANDS with increased levels of IMMUNOGLOBULIN E. Unlike ANGIOLYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA WITH EOSINOPHILIA it involves eosinophil infiltrates in lymph node and salivary glands and mostly found in Asian males.
Year introduced: 2021
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Tree Number(s): C07.465.815.178, C15.378.553.231.774, C15.604.315.459
MeSH Unique ID: D000082242
Entry Terms:
- Disease, Kimura
- Kimura's Disease
- Disease, Kimura's
- Kimuras Disease
- Kimura's Diseases
- Eosinophilic Granuloma of Soft Tissue
- Eosinophilic Hyperplastic Lymphogranuloma
- Eosinophilic Hyperplastic Lymphogranulomas
- Hyperplastic Lymphogranuloma, Eosinophilic
- Lymphogranuloma, Eosinophilic Hyperplastic
- Eosinophilic Lymphofolliculosis
- Eosinophilic Lymphofolliculoses
- Lymphofolliculosis, Eosinophilic
- Eosinophilic Lymphofollicular Granuloma
- Eosinophilic Lymphofollicular Granulomas
- Granuloma, Eosinophilic Lymphofollicular
- Lymphofollicular Granuloma, Eosinophilic
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