BACKGROUND Kimura disease is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder with peripheral eosinophilia and elevated serum IgE and is also frequently complicated by nephropathy. METHODS We report a rare case of Kimura disease concomitant with lupus nephritis in a 72-year old male patient with recurrent unexplained lymphadenopathy, renal lesions, and immunologic abnormalities. RESULTS The patient was...

Introduction: Kimura disease is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder affecting the subcutaneous tissue. It of unknown etiology mainly occurring in head and neck region. Case report: A 34-year-old Malay lady presented with gradually enlarging, painless right nasal bridge mass for one year duration. Clinical examination revealed firm, immobile swelling measuring 2 cm x cm. Nasal endoscopy showed ...

In [Kim], Kimura introduced the notion of a “finite dimensional” motive (which we will refer to as “Kimura-finite” motive) and he conjectured that all Q-linear motives modulo rational equivalence are Kimura-finite. The same notion was introduced independently in a different context by O’Sullivan. Kimura-finiteness has been the subject of several articles recently ([GP02], [GP], [AK02]). In [GP]...