Kimura disease is a rare chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. The disease typically presents in young Asian males with single or multiple slowly progressing painless subcutaneous lumps in the head and neck region; regional lymphadenopathy is commonly accompanied. The disease is associated with peripheral blood eosinophilia and elevated serum immunoglobulin E levels. This gives an i...

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 ...

1. Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Oxford, Honorary Consultant Physician, University of Oxford Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK 2. Professor of Medicine, Head of the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany 3. Associate Professor of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland 4. Asthmas and Airway Translational Research Unit, Washington...