====== Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) ======

>Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is an enigmatic, benign and self-limited syndrome characterized by regional lymphadenopathy with tenderness, predominantly in the cervical region, usually accompanied by mild fever and night sweats.\\ \\ Source : [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1481509/|Orphanet J Rare Dis. 1: 18. ]]

The disease - a.k.a. simply as //Kikuchi disease// - was first noted in the 1970s in Japan. As mentioned above, it features swollen lymph-nodes in the neck region.

Its cause remains unknown.

It's classified as benign, and usually disappears spontaneously after a few weeks or months. It's a nevertheless a concerning syndrome in that it's often misdiagnosed as more serious disease such as TB or Hodgkin's lymphoma - with patients receiving inappropriate and sometimes damaging treatments

See: [[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22762705/|Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: a sheep in wolf's clothing]] //J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.// 1;41(3):222-6.