Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Kikuchi’s Disease: Presentation of a Case and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Summary of cases of Kikuchi’s disease (KD) associated with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT).

Reference	Age	Gender	Onset of KD related to HT	Clinical presentation	Autoantibody screen	Treatment	Evolution
[1]	17	Female	Concurrent KD, HT	Fever, cervical lymphadenopathy, goiter, hepatosplenomegaly, and urticaria	Anti-TPO, ANA, anti-dsDNA, anticardiolipin, low C3, C4	Propranolol, prednisone, and hydroxychloroquine	Improvement after 3 months, asymptomatic 1 year after diagnosis, continues treatment
[2]	N/A	N/A	Concurrent KD, HT	Cervical lymphadenopathy, goiter	N/A	N/A	N/A
[3]	N/A	N/A	KD and HT	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
[4]	26	Female	Concurrent KD, HT	Odynophagia, fever, malaise, and cervical lymphadenopathy	Negative	Supportive	Complete resolution after 12 days
[5]	26	Female	Concurrent KD, HT	Fever, cough, weight loss, emesis, abdominal pain, cervical, mediastinal and abdominal lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly	ANA, low C3, C4	Prednisone	Improvement after 1 week, asymptomatic after 6 months
[6]	30	Female	KD in patient with history of HT	Cervical lymphadenopathy, trismus, and fever	Not performed	Ibuprofen	Complete resolution after several days