IJSR International Journal of Scientific Research 2277 - 8179 Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research ijsr-9-5-25028 Original Research Paper Kikuchi's disease - a comprehensive review with case report of two patients of kikuchi's disease with Autoimmune disorder. Singhvi Dr. Akshay Rawat Dr. May 2020 9 5 01 02 ABSTRACT

Kikuchi’s disease is a rare, benign, self limiting disorder characterized by fever and lymphadenopathy. Kikuchi’s disease has a varied presentation from being just a benign self–limiting lymphadenopathy to having systemic involvement and some patients have also been reported to develop autoimmune disorder. This enigmatic disease of unknown aetiology could easily be mistaken for several infective and autoimmune disorders which it resembles. Since a definitive diagnosis can only be made by Lymph node biopsy and symptoms are non–specific Kikuchi’s disease should be kept in mind as a differential diagnosis in a patient of PUO with lymphadenopathy. We report cases of two patients who were being treated for months as PUO with parotitis and lymphadenopathy before being diagnosed with Kikuchi’s disease after Lymph node biopsy and both patients were also seropositive for Antinuclear antibodies.