A case of refractory Kimura disease with a buccal bulky mass successfully treated with low-dose cyclosporine A: report and review of the literature

Allergol Int. 2016 Apr;65(2):212-214. doi: 10.1016/j.alit.2015.10.008. Epub 2015 Nov 25.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
² Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
³ Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Electronic address: tsumida@md.tsukuba.ac.jp.

PMID: 26666475
DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2015.10.008

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Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / diagnosis*
Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / drug therapy*
Biopsy
Cyclosporine / administration & dosage
Cyclosporine / therapeutic use*
Cytokines / blood
Humans
Immunoglobulin E / blood
Immunoglobulin E / immunology
Immunosuppressive Agents / administration & dosage
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Mouth Mucosa / pathology*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Cytokines
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunoglobulin E
Cyclosporine