International Journal of Preclinical and Clinical Research

Abstract

Kikuchis disease is a rare, self limiting disease characterized clinically by fever with tender regional lymphadenopathy with characteristic histopathological features on lymph node biopsy. It is a rare disease with unkown incidence with very few reported cases. It is most prevalent in young asian population equally affecting both the sexes. The disease is usually self limiting ,in rare cases complications such as aseptic meningitis, cerebellar ataxia, encephalitis, myocarditis, acute renal failure can occur. We report a case of 28 year old male presented with fever and generalized lymphadenopathy with features suggestive of myocarditis.