Indian male with recurrent Kimura’s disease: A case report

Abstract

Kimura's disease (KD) is an inflammatory disease of unsure etiology which presents as a painless subcutaneous swelling in the head and neck region that involves major salivary glands and regional lymph nodes. KD mainly had seen in head and neck area, and typically presents as tumor-like lesions that could be easily misdiagnosed. The maxillofacial involvement of KD is scarce. Kimura disease is occasionally puzzled with angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia, which is usually associated with skin of the head and neck region. The anatomic sites of involvement of KD include posterior-auricular, cervical, and inguinal, epitrochlear lymph nodes, and salivary gland involvement. Here, we report a case of a 33-year-old Indian patient with KD who presented with unilateral nodular swelling in the right cheek region. The diagnosis of KD was made due to the previous history of surgeries, characteristic histopathologic findings along with peripheral eosinophilia, and high serum immunoglobulin E levels.