Kikuchi´s disease of the xanthomathous type with cutaneous manifestations

AUTOR(ES)

Resende, Cristina, Araújo, Catarina, Duarte, Maria da Luz, Vieira, Ana Paula, Brito, Celeste

FONTE

An. Bras. Dermatol.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2015-04

RESUMO

Kikuchi's disease is a benign, self-limiting disease, whose pathogenesis remains unknown. Patients most often present with cervical lymphadenopathy, sometimes associated with fever and leukopenia. It has been reported that up to 40% of patients with Kikuchi's disease have also cutaneous eruptions, but no specific skin changes have been described. Kikuchi's disease can be subclassified into three histologic subtypes: a proliferative type, a necrotizing type and a xantomathous type. Most patients with Kikuchi's disease require no specific treatment, because the disease regresses spontaneously, within a few weeks to months. We report a case of a 31-year-old woman with xanthomatous type of Kikuchi's disease, whose first manifestation was the onset of erythematous papules with central suppuration on her face and on her left hand.

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