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Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis
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Definition
: Development of lesions in the lymph node characterized by infiltration of the cortex or paracortex by large collections of proliferating histiocytes and complete or, more often, incomplete necrosis of lymphoid tissue.
Other names
Nosocomial Kikuchis Disease; Nosocomial Kikuchi Disease; Necrotizing Lymphadenitis, Kikuchi; Necrotizing Lymphadenitis, Histiocytic; Necrotising Lymphadenitis, Histiocytic; Necrotising Lymphadenitides, Histiocytic; Lymphadenitis, Kikuchi Necrotizing; Lymphadenitis, Histiocytic Necrotising; Lymphadenitides, Histiocytic Necrotising; Kikuchis Disease; Kikuchi-
Fujimotos Disease; Kikuchi's Disease, Nosocomial; Kikuchi Fujimoto's Disease; Kikuchi Fujimoto Disease; Histiocytic Necrotising Lymphadenitides; Disease, Kikuchi-
Fujimoto's; Disease, Kikuchi-
Fujimoto; Disease, Kikuchi's; Disease, Kikuchi; Nosocomial Kikuchi's Disease
