Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: hydroxychloroquine as a treatment

Katayoun Rezai; Sandesh Kuchipudi; Vishnu Chundi; Reshma Ariga; Jerome Loew; Beverly E Sha

doi:10.1086/426144

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: hydroxychloroquine as a treatment

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Dec 15;39(12):e124-6. doi: 10.1086/426144. Epub 2004 Nov 21.

Authors

Katayoun Rezai¹, Sandesh Kuchipudi, Vishnu Chundi, Reshma Ariga, Jerome Loew, Beverly E Sha

Affiliation

¹ Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Krezai@rush.edu

PMID: 15578393
DOI: 10.1086/426144

Abstract

We describe a case of recurrent Kikuchi's disease in a South Asian-American man that was treated successfully with chloroquine and on recurrence with hydroxychloroquine. Each treatment led to a very prompt response.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antimalarials / therapeutic use
Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / drug therapy*
Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / prevention & control
Humans
Hydroxychloroquine / therapeutic use*
Male
Secondary Prevention
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antimalarials
Hydroxychloroquine