Case Report of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease from Sub-Saharan Africa: An Important Mimic of Tuberculous Lymphadenitis

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(a) Lymph node biopsy 2017 (low-power view): partial effacement of architecture with large area of necrosis with no acute inflammatory cell infiltrate in keeping with Kikuchi’s disease. (b) Lymph node biopsy 2017 (high-power view): numerous apoptotic bodies with histiocytes. (c) Lymph node biopsy 2019: numerous foci of necrosis with apoptotic bodies with scattered histiocytes. Absence of acute inflammatory infiltrate and hematoxylin bodies in keeping with Kikuchi’s disease.

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