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Repeated Necrotizing Lymphadenitis with MEFV Gene Mutations.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Apr 2022
Yamamura Yuta, Furuichi Kengo, Toyama Tadashi, Oshima Megumi, Ogura Hisayuki, Sato Koichi, Nakagawa Shiori, Miyagawa Taro, Kitajima Shinji, Hara Akinori, Iwata Yasunori, Sakai Norihiko, Shimizu Miho, Ikeda Hiroko, Toma Tomoko, Takasawa Kazuya, Yachie Akihiro, Wada Takashi
Abstract excerpt
We herein report a 36-year-old man with repeated necrotizing lymphadenitis due to MEFV gene mutations. The patient's chief complaints were a fever and painful cervical lymphadenopathy. We diagnosed him with necrotizing lymphadenitis based on the pathological findings of the lymph nodes and the exclusion of other differential diseases. The same episode recurred four times. We speculated the involvement of...
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