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Current Medical Imaging

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ISSN (Print): 1573-4056
ISSN (Online): 1875-6603

Case Report

Kikuchi-fujimoto Disease in the Axilla after COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report

Author(s): Eun Cho, Hye Jin Baek*, Kyungsoo Bae, Kyung Nyeo Jeon, Jin Il Moon, Sung Eun Park, Han Shin Lee and Hyo Jung An

Volume 20, 2024

Published on: 02 August, 2023

Article ID: e200623218120 Pages: 5

DOI: 10.2174/1573405620666230620115956

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Abstract

Background: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a rare, self-limiting inflammatory condition of unknown etiology that is characterized by fever and painful lymphadenopathy. KFD commonly involves the posterior cervical region and very rarely occurs in the axilla.

Case Presentation: We report on a case of KFD that presented 3 weeks after receiving the messenger ribonucleic acid-based coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. In this case, we suspected the lesions as COVID-19 vaccination-related lymphadenopathy on the initial ultrasonographic examination.

Conclusion: Through this case report, we highlight that KFD should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with axillary lymphadenopathy who have undergone COVID-19 vaccination, as unusual side effects of COVID-19 vaccination have been increasingly reported in the literature owing to the rapid development of various COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic period. In addition, we emphasize the importance of clinical suspicion in diagnosing KFD due to the fact that axillary involvement of KFD is extremely rare.

Keywords: Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, Kikuchi-Fujimoto’s disease, COVID-19 vaccines, Axilla, Lymphadenopathy, Ultrasonography.


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