ALHE: angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia KD: Kimura disease MMF: mycophenolate mofetil INTRODUCTION Kimura disease (KD) is a rare idiopathic condition that presents as solitary or multiple painless subcutaneous masses in the head and neck region. It may also involve extracutaneous sites, such as regional lymph nodes, major salivary glands, and the kidneys. Most cases reported occurred ...

BACKGROUND Although gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are very frequent in organ transplant patients, there is a paucity of data about the endoscopic findings of kidney recipients. METHODS Two thousand one hundred and thirty-five kidney transplants were performed between 1994 and 2007. During that period, 672 gastroscopies were performed in 543 of those patients. Their mean age was 49.5 years an...