Kimuras Disease in a Female Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Abstract

Ayman A Salman, Omar H Abu-Zaydeh and Mohammed M Maree

Kimura’s disease is a rare chronic inflammatory disease of uncertain cause, manifesting commonly as a painless swelling of the subcutaneous tissue in the head and neck region with predilection for peri auricular areas. A significant increase in serum levels of immunoglobulin E and eosinophilia in the peripheral blood and in tissues has been associated with this disorder. Many cases of nephropathy in patients with Kimura’s Disease had been reported in the literature. Excisional biopsy for histopathological evaluation is the only way to confirm the diagnosis of Kimura’s Disease. We report a case of Kimura’s disease in a 26-year- old female patient who presented to our clinic with painless right retro-auricular swellings.

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