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Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets

Author(s): Mehran Ebrahimi, Ali Mohebbi, Ali Rabbani, Azin Ghamari, Maryam Nasri and Masoomeh Saberian*

DOI: 10.2174/1871530320666200305130935

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Dyspnea and Cough: A Rare Report of the Kimura Disease

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Abstract

Background: Known as a rare disease, Kimura disease is a chronic, allergic and inflammatory process. It may overlap other allergic conditions, as well.

Case Presentation: This study is going to present a 36-year-old woman, with cough, dyspnea and bone pain. Other differential diagnoses were excluded during the investigations. The definite diagnosis was made by excisional biopsy and pathological investigations.

Conclusion: This was a rare medical condition with remarkable diagnostic challenge.

Keywords: Kimura disease, immunoglobulin E, eosinophilia, dyspnea, lymphadenopathy, eosinophilic hyperplasia lymphogranuloma.

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