Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
3160543 Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, and Pathology 2015 4 Pages PDF
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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