Kimura disease in an African patient

M Y Herrero-Basilio; M I Valenzuela-Serrano; I M Arranz-Salas; A Daura-Saez; A Sanz-Trelles; A Valiente-Alvarez

doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.04.007

Kimura disease in an African patient

Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2006 Aug;44(4):317-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.04.007. Epub 2005 Oct 4.

Authors

M Y Herrero-Basilio¹, M I Valenzuela-Serrano, I M Arranz-Salas, A Daura-Saez, A Sanz-Trelles, A Valiente-Alvarez

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Cirugia Oral y Maxilofacial, Complejo Hospitalario Carlos Haya, Malaga, Spain.

PMID: 16213070
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.04.007

Abstract

We operated on a 23-year-old black Nigerian man with a 4-year history of a tumour on the left cheek associated with IgE hypergammaglobulinaemia and peripheral eosinophilia. The lesion recurred.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / complications
Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / pathology
Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / surgery*
Cheek
Humans
Hypergammaglobulinemia / complications
Immunoglobulin E / blood*
Male
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local

Substances

Immunoglobulin E