07 March 2021
: Case report
Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease: Report of a Case with Progression to Lupus Nephritis
Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Jorge Hurtado-Díaz1B, María Lucero Espinoza-Sánchez1C, Eduardo Rojas-Milán1D, Erik Cimé-Aké1E, María de los Ángeles Macias2G, Lizeth Romero-Ibarra3F, Olga Lidia Vera-Lastra14F*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.927351
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e927351
Figure 1. (A) Discoid lesions: well-defined, healing plaques with depressed central scars, atrophy, and hypopigmentation. (B) Coronal computed tomography scan shows cervical lymph nodes. (C) Hematoxylin and eosin staining (40×) of cervical lymph node biopsy shows plasmacytoid histiocytes with nucleus displaced to the periphery that alternates with mature lipocytes. (D) Immunostaining with avidin-biotin-immunoperoxidase technique (40×). The histiocytes are positive for the CD68 antigen, where the cytoplasm is dyed brown.






