Kikuchi Disease
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) was described in 1972 in Japan. It is also known as Kikuchi disease, histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, Kikuchi necrotizing lymphadenitis, phagocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis, and necrotizing lymphadenitis
It was first described in Japan by Dr Masahiro Kikuchi in 1972 and independently by Y. Fujimoto.
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