Almohawes Eman A, Zakareia Yasser, Dumiati Zainab A, Zaki Wael A, Alfudhili Khalid M
Medical Imaging Department, Security Forces Hospital-Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Medical Imaging Department, Radiology Registrar, Prince Sultan Armed Forces Hospital, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
BJR Case Rep. 2023 Sep 12;9(5):20220160. doi: 10.1259/bjrcr.20220160. eCollection 2023 Oct.
Kimura's disease is a rare chronic inflammatory disease of unknown aetiology. The majority of cases are reported in middle-aged Asian males and rarely seen in other ethnicities. Patients classically present with chronic single or multiple painless subcutaneous masses, lymphadenopathies, hypereosinophilia and elevated serum immunoglobulin E. The disease usually affects the head and neck area, however, rare involvement of other locations such as axilla, upper limbs, popliteal region and abdomen has been reported. Here, we report a rarely encountered Kimura's disease of the breast and axillary lymph nodes in a middle-aged female. In this report, we will describe the main clinical, radiological and pathological features to raise the awareness about this indolent disease.
木村病是一种病因不明的罕见慢性炎症性疾病。大多数病例报告于中年亚洲男性，在其他种族中很少见。患者通常表现为慢性单发性或多发性无痛性皮下肿块、淋巴结病、嗜酸性粒细胞增多和血清免疫球蛋白E升高。该病通常累及头颈部区域，然而，也有报道称罕见累及其他部位，如腋窝、上肢、腘窝和腹部。在此，我们报告一例中年女性罕见的乳腺及腋窝淋巴结木村病。在本报告中，我们将描述主要的临床、放射学和病理学特征，以提高对这种惰性疾病的认识。
