High procalcitonin and thrombocytopenic purpura in a case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease.

Authors :: de Luca A
Parizel A
Fromont G
Roblot P
Roblot F
Gambert-Abdel Rahman C
Hankard R
Source :: Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie [Arch Pediatr] 2015 Jun; Vol. 22 (6), pp. 602-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jun 12.
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is a mild and rare idiopathic disease, particularly in children. It is mostly characterized by painful cervical lymphadenopathy and/or prolonged fever and confirmed by histology. We report a case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease in a 14-year-old teenager with high procalcitonin concentration and thrombocytopenic purpura.<br /> (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Adolescent
Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
Humans
Male
Calcitonin blood
Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis blood
Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis complications
Protein Precursors blood
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic blood
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic etiology

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1769-664X
Volume :: 22
Issue :: 6
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 23769629
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcped.2013.04.016

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