Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease as the initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus complicated with macrophage activation syndrome: two case reports and a review of literature

• Main Authors: Chenxi Liu (Author), Yingying Jin (Author), Hua Huang (Author), Fei Ding (Author), Zhen Yang (Author), Xuemei Xu (Author), Shengfang Bao (Author), Jing Ma (Author), Yanliang Jin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a self-limiting and benign disease characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy and fever. Although KFD should be made differentially diagnosed from infectious, autoimmune, and malignant diseases, it sometimes occurs in patients with systemic lupus...