Kimura’s Disease with Atypical Musculoskeletal Presentation

We would like to highlight an unusual clinical presentation of Kimura’s disease, a rare, benign, idiopathic condition, usually seen as swelling and lesions of the head and neck region and commonly affecting young men of Asian descent. It is rare for this disorder to present with lesions on other par...

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Main Authors: A Hafiz, A Yusuf, I Rosmaliza, N Premchandran, R Kalavathy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Orthopaedic Association 2010-07-01
Series:Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal
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Online Access:http://morthoj.org/2010v4n2/Kimuras_Disease.pdf
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spelling doaj-e394b0162b364f12b8df0a22a0ce31f62021-05-02T14:12:16ZengMalaysian Orthopaedic AssociationMalaysian Orthopaedic Journal1985-25332010-07-01424447Kimura’s Disease with Atypical Musculoskeletal PresentationA Hafiz0A Yusuf1I Rosmaliza2N Premchandran3 R Kalavathy4MSur OrthoMSur OrthoMS ORLMSur OrthoMPathWe would like to highlight an unusual clinical presentation of Kimura’s disease, a rare, benign, idiopathic condition, usually seen as swelling and lesions of the head and neck region and commonly affecting young men of Asian descent. It is rare for this disorder to present with lesions on other parts of the body, especially the lower limbs. We report a 27- year-old man who presented with a large mass located at the inguinal region and extending down to the upper thigh. Due to the large size of the mass (28 x 18 cm), our provisional diagnosis was a soft tissue sarcoma. Open biopsy showed that the lesion was benign.http://morthoj.org/2010v4n2/Kimuras_Disease.pdfKimura’s DiseaseAtypical presentation
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author A Hafiz
A Yusuf
I Rosmaliza
N Premchandran
R Kalavathy
spellingShingle A Hafiz
A Yusuf
I Rosmaliza
N Premchandran
R Kalavathy
Kimura’s Disease with Atypical Musculoskeletal Presentation
Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal
Kimura’s Disease
Atypical presentation
author_facet A Hafiz
A Yusuf
I Rosmaliza
N Premchandran
R Kalavathy
author_sort A Hafiz
title Kimura’s Disease with Atypical Musculoskeletal Presentation
title_short Kimura’s Disease with Atypical Musculoskeletal Presentation
title_full Kimura’s Disease with Atypical Musculoskeletal Presentation
title_fullStr Kimura’s Disease with Atypical Musculoskeletal Presentation
title_full_unstemmed Kimura’s Disease with Atypical Musculoskeletal Presentation
title_sort kimura’s disease with atypical musculoskeletal presentation
publisher Malaysian Orthopaedic Association
series Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal
issn 1985-2533
publishDate 2010-07-01
description We would like to highlight an unusual clinical presentation of Kimura’s disease, a rare, benign, idiopathic condition, usually seen as swelling and lesions of the head and neck region and commonly affecting young men of Asian descent. It is rare for this disorder to present with lesions on other parts of the body, especially the lower limbs. We report a 27- year-old man who presented with a large mass located at the inguinal region and extending down to the upper thigh. Due to the large size of the mass (28 x 18 cm), our provisional diagnosis was a soft tissue sarcoma. Open biopsy showed that the lesion was benign.
topic Kimura’s Disease
Atypical presentation
url http://morthoj.org/2010v4n2/Kimuras_Disease.pdf
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