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<Articles JournalTitle="Case Reports in Clinical Practice">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Case Reports in Clinical Practice</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2538-2683</Issn>
      <Volume>7</Volume>
      <Issue>1</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>06</Month>
        <Day>14</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Kikuchi Disease in Elderly: Report of a Rare Disease in an Unusual Age</title>
    <FirstPage>1</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>5</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Elnaz</FirstName>
        <LastName>Sahebi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Internal Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sahar</FirstName>
        <LastName>Karimpour Reyhan</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mahsa</FirstName>
        <LastName>Abbaszadeh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Internal Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Nasim</FirstName>
        <LastName>Khajavi Rad</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Internal Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>29</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>13</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Kikuchi disease is a benign, self-limited, and rare condition presented mainly by lymphadenopathy and fever. Kikuchi disease is more common in women, especially women under 40. We report a 63-year-old Iranian woman presenting with long-term fever, constitutional symptoms, and cervical lymphadenopathy. A lymph node biopsy was done for her, and the diagnosis of Kikuchi disease was confirmed. Kikuchi disease is a self-limited condition with a good prognosis that can resolve with no specific treatment within a few weeks. Still, some patients are at risk of recurrence and development of SLE and Lymphoma. Our patient was treated with a low dose of glucocorticoids. On 6 month follow-up, she had no signs and symptoms of recurrence and no evidence of SLE development. The interesting point of this case is the clinical picture and her age of presentation.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/419</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
