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Preferred term

Kimura Disease  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A chronic inflammatory disease characterized by benign enlargement of cervical LYMPH NODE and SALIVARY GLANDS with increased levels of IMMUNOGLOBULIN E. Unlike ANGIOLYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA WITH EOSINOPHILIA it involves eosinophil infiltrates in lymph node and salivary glands and mostly found in Asian males.

Entry terms

  • Eosinophilic Granuloma of Soft Tissue
  • Eosinophilic Hyperplastic Lymphogranuloma
  • Eosinophilic Lymphofollicular Granuloma
  • Eosinophilic Lymphofolliculosis
  • Kimura's Disease

In other languages

  • French

  • Granulome éosinophile des tissus mous
  • Granulome lymphofolliculaire éosinophile
  • Lymphofolliculose éosinophile
  • Lymphogranulome hyperplasique éosinophile

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PTLT0GC5-6

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