Successful treatment of Kimura's disease with cyclosporine.
case_report · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 10534681.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
We report the case of a 29-year-old Japanese woman presenting with recurring Kimura's disease. We began treatment with cyclosporine within 7 days, the nodular lesion had almost cleared. The cyclosporine dose was then gradually reduced and discontinued after 6 months. The patient was reassessed 18 months after the cessation of treatment and there was no evidence of recurrence of the disease. We speculate that the effects of cyclosporine on T helper-2 cells improves Kimura's disease.
Medical subject headings
- Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia
- Cyclosporine
- Dermatologic Agents
- Ear Diseases