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Stomatognathic Diseases > Mouth Diseases > Salivary Gland Diseases > Kimura Disease
Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases > Hematologic Diseases > Leukocyte Disorders > Eosinophilia > Kimura Disease
Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases > Lymphatic Diseases > Lymphadenitis > Kimura Disease

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Kimura Disease  

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Entry terms

  • Disease, Kimura's
  • Eosinophilic Granuloma of Soft Tissue
  • Eosinophilic Hyperplastic Lymphogranuloma
  • Eosinophilic Hyperplastic Lymphogranulomas
  • Eosinophilic Lymphofollicular Granuloma
  • Eosinophilic Lymphofollicular Granulomas
  • Eosinophilic Lymphofolliculoses
  • Eosinophilic Lymphofolliculosis
  • Granuloma, Eosinophilic Lymphofollicular
  • Hyperplastic Lymphogranuloma, Eosinophilic
  • Kimura's Disease
  • Kimuras Disease
  • Kimura's Diseases
  • Lymphofollicular Granuloma, Eosinophilic
  • Lymphofolliculosis, Eosinophilic
  • Lymphogranuloma, Eosinophilic Hyperplastic

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2021; use ANGIOLYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA WITH EOSINOPHILIA 1984-2020

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000082242

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