Kimura disease in an African patient

Kimura’s Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review

“…It was described for the first time in China in 1937. It is a frequent pathology in the Far East rare in west and exceptionally rare in Africa, where it has been reported only one single case in the black population [2]. We report a case of Kimura's disease in a young Senegalese child.…”

“…This disease is very rare in the black race. Herrero-Basilio and Co [2] have reported a 23 years young Nigerian case who presented a subcutaneous swelling taking all the left cheek. One case was reported by Dib [4] in North Africa.…”

Kimura disease in a patient of Arabic descent – a rare finding

“…The majority of patients with KD have been reported in Asian populations, usually presenting in males between their third and fourth decades. Two papers have reviewed the findings from non‐Asian populations suggesting that KD is present in all ethnic groups.…”

“…Other potential differential diagnoses include eosinophilic granuloma, acute non‐lymphocytic leukaemia, Hodgkin's disease, follicular lymphoma, angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy and non‐neoplastic parotid lesions, for example, cysts. In the parotid gland, a common differential diagnosis for a persisting and painless swelling which does not invade the surrounding tissues could be pleomorphic salivary adenoma which may be surgically excised.…”

“…Although KD is benign in nature, with good prognosis, many cases treated with surgical excision have reported recurrence, the cause of which remains unknown. It has been suggested that it is difficult to completely cure lesions due to their poorly defined borders, or if the antigenic stimulus that instigated the disease has not been eliminated. Systemic or injected corticosteroids have also been used in some cases, yielding good results for small lesions.…”