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07 March 2021: Articles

Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease: Report of a Case with Progression to Lupus Nephritis

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology

Jorge Hurtado-Díaz B , María Lucero Espinoza-Sánchez C , Eduardo Rojas-Milán D , Erik Cimé-Aké E , María de los Ángeles Macias G , Lizeth Romero-Ibarra F , Olga Lidia Vera-Lastra F*

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.

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923