Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3160543 | Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, and Pathology | 2015 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Kimura's disease is a rare, chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, which is seen predominantly in East Asian male patients in the third decade of life. It is often presented as a clinical triad of slow-growing painless mass in the head and neck region with elevated IgE level and eosinophilia. We present such a case in a 32-year-old Taiwanese male, whose symptoms subsided with a course of high dose corticosteroids. As the etiology of Kimura's disease is unknown, the treatment varies from immunosuppressants to surgery.
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Wan-Ting Yang, Kuo-Yang Tsai,