Kimura’s disease with atypical musculoskeletal presentation

Kimura’s disease with atypical musculoskeletal presentation

We would like to highlight an unusual clinical presentation of Kimura’s disease, a rare, benign, idiopathic condition, usually seen as swelling and lesions of the head and neck region and commonly affecting young men of Asian descent. It is rare for this disorder to present with lesions on other...

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Main Authors: Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz, Aziz, Yusuf, Ismail , Rosmaliza, N., Premchandran, Ramachandran, Kalavathy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Orthopaedic Association 2010
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RD701 Orthopedics
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spelling iium-103792011-12-14T11:37:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/10379/ Kimura’s disease with atypical musculoskeletal presentation Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz Aziz, Yusuf Ismail , Rosmaliza N., Premchandran Ramachandran, Kalavathy RD701 Orthopedics We would like to highlight an unusual clinical presentation of Kimura’s disease, a rare, benign, idiopathic condition, usually seen as swelling and lesions of the head and neck region and commonly affecting young men of Asian descent. It is rare for this disorder to present with lesions on other parts of the body, especially the lower limbs. We report a 27- year-old man who presented with a large mass located at the inguinal region and extending down to the upper thigh. Due to the large size of the mass (28 x 18 cm), our provisional diagnosis was a soft tissue sarcoma. Open biopsy showed that the lesion was benign. Malaysian Orthopaedic Association 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/10379/2/Kimuras_Disease.pdf Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz and Aziz, Yusuf and Ismail , Rosmaliza and N., Premchandran and Ramachandran, Kalavathy (2010) Kimura’s disease with atypical musculoskeletal presentation. Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 4 (2). pp. 44-47. ISSN 1985-2533 http://morthoj.org/2010v4n2/Kimuras_Disease.pdf 10.5704/MOJ.1007.008
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Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz
Aziz, Yusuf
Ismail , Rosmaliza
N., Premchandran
Ramachandran, Kalavathy
Kimura’s disease with atypical musculoskeletal presentation
description We would like to highlight an unusual clinical presentation of Kimura’s disease, a rare, benign, idiopathic condition, usually seen as swelling and lesions of the head and neck region and commonly affecting young men of Asian descent. It is rare for this disorder to present with lesions on other parts of the body, especially the lower limbs. We report a 27- year-old man who presented with a large mass located at the inguinal region and extending down to the upper thigh. Due to the large size of the mass (28 x 18 cm), our provisional diagnosis was a soft tissue sarcoma. Open biopsy showed that the lesion was benign.
format Article
author Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz
Aziz, Yusuf
Ismail , Rosmaliza
N., Premchandran
Ramachandran, Kalavathy
author_facet Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz
Aziz, Yusuf
Ismail , Rosmaliza
N., Premchandran
Ramachandran, Kalavathy
author_sort Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz
title Kimura’s disease with atypical musculoskeletal presentation
title_short Kimura’s disease with atypical musculoskeletal presentation
title_full Kimura’s disease with atypical musculoskeletal presentation
title_fullStr Kimura’s disease with atypical musculoskeletal presentation
title_full_unstemmed Kimura’s disease with atypical musculoskeletal presentation
title_sort kimura’s disease with atypical musculoskeletal presentation
publisher Malaysian Orthopaedic Association
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/10379/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/10379/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/10379/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/10379/2/Kimuras_Disease.pdf
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