UNLABELLED Kikuchi-Fujimoto (KD) disease is the rare differential diagnoses of chronic cervical lymphadenopathy of unknown etiology. The findings of histopathology may be overlapping, in such condition immunohistochemistry has a definite role to play. Since Tubercular lymphadenopathy is the commonest cause for chronic cervical lymphadenopathy in developing and tropical country like India. Occas...

In this paper we address the problem of using region-based approximations to find the optimal points of a given function. Our approach combines the use of Kikuchi approximations with the application of generalized belief propagation (GBP) using maximization instead of marginalization. The relationship between the fixed points of maximum GBP and the free energy is elucidated. A straightforward c...

Kikuchi disease, also called histocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis or focal histiocytic lymphadenitis, is a rare, idiopathic and generally self limited cause of lymphadenitis. It was first described in 1972 in Japan. The most common clinical manifestation is cervical lymphadenopathy with or without systemic symptoms & signs. It almost always runs a benign course and resolves in several weeks to ...

A 32-year-old woman presented with a fever and cervical lymphadenopathies. The research for Mycobacterium tuberculosis was negative. Tuberculin skin test was positive. Laboratory investigations showed an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and a normal white blood cell count. Bacteriological and viral investigations were negative. Quantiferon-Tb Gold test was indeterminate. Thraco-abdominal...

Persistent cervical and axillary lymphadenopathy is a common occurrence encountered in clinics across Asian countries. The commonest presentation in young population is secondary to infections of which extrapulmonary tuberculosis tops the list. Occasionally, one encounters neoplastic lesions such as lymphomas.1 In adults, these aberrant swelling warrant exclusion of metastatic malignant disease...