Head and Neck Imaging

Imaging Diagnosis of Kimura's Disease

Author:LIANG De-zhi, QIN Ye-zhi, MO Sen-lin

affiliation:Department of Radiology, Nanhai Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University, Foshan 528200, Guangdong Province, China

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Abstract

Objective To study the CT and MRI findings of Kimura's disease (KD) in order to improve diagnosis of it. Methods The imaging finding of 13 patients with histologically confirmed KD were analyzed retrospectively. Results 13 patients had common clinical features with painless mass and local lymphadenectasis, lesions occured in maxillofacial region, upper limb, axilla, inguina respectively. All patients accompanying peripheral blood eosinophilia were also observed. Five patients showed soft tissue nodules with welldefined margins and homogeneous enhancement in parotid gland, submandibular region, neck region, axilla, inguina respectively. Eight patients showed soft tissue swelling with ill-defined margins and heterogeneous enhancement in parotid gland, lacrimal gland, periauricular region, submandibular region, upper limb respectively. Conclusion The CT and MRI findings of KD have some characteristic features. Combining with the clinical manifestations and laboratory examinations, the diagnosis could be made.

【Keyword】 Kimura's Disease; CT; MRI

【Chart number】R816.1

【Document Identification Number】A

【DOI】 10.3969/j.issn.1672- 5131.2016.12.044