Kimura disease of the breast: Case report and literature review of current management

Affiliations

¹ Department of Breast Surgery, Monash Health, Bentleigh East, Vic, Australia.
² Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Vic, Australia.
³ Department of Pathology, Monash Health, Bentleigh East, Vic, Australia.

Review

Amos Nepacina Liew et al. Breast J. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;26(10):2038-2041.

doi: 10.1111/tbj.14026. Epub 2020 Aug 20.

¹ Department of Breast Surgery, Monash Health, Bentleigh East, Vic, Australia.
² Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Vic, Australia.
³ Department of Pathology, Monash Health, Bentleigh East, Vic, Australia.

Abstract

We report a rare case of Kimura disease in a 50-year old female patient who attended our tertiary level Breast Surgery Clinic.

Keywords: Kimura disease; breast lesion; lymphoma.

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