Kimura Disease Follow-up

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KimuraDiseaseFollowupAuthor:EvanWPiette,MDChiefEditor:WilliamDJames,MDmore...

Updated:Mar20,2014

ComplicationsRarely,largenodulesortumorsfromKimuradiseasehaveulcerated.Aftertreatment,recurrencealsohasbeenreported.

Abbasetalreportedonecaseofpostsurgicalfacialdisfigurementeffectivelytreatedwithphotodynamictherapy.[28]

PrognosisThecourseofKimuradiseaseischronic,withlesionsfrequentlypersistingorrecurringdespitetreatment.

Todate,malignanttransformationofKimuradiseasehasnotbeendescribedintheliterature.

Ifnottreated,Kimuradiseasecanleadtodisfigurement.

ContributorInformationandDisclosuresAuthorEvanWPiette,MDResidentPhysician,DepartmentofDermatology,HospitaloftheUniversityofPennsylvania

EvanWPiette,MDisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AmericanAcademyofDermatology

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Coauthor(s)AlainaJJames,MD,PhDAssistantProfessor,DepartmentofDermatology,TheHospitaloftheUniversityofPennsylvania

AlainaJJames,MD,PhDisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AmericanAcademyofDermatology,NationalMedicalAssociation,andWomen'sDermatologicSociety

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SpecialtyEditorBoardTakejiNishikawa,MDEmeritusProfessor,DepartmentofDermatology,KeioUniversitySchoolofMedicineDirector,SamonchoDermatologyClinicManagingDirector,TheWaksmanFoundationofJapanInc

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MichaelJWells,MDAssociateProfessor,DepartmentofDermatology,TexasTechUniversityHealthSciencesCenter,PaulLFosterSchoolofMedicine

MichaelJWells,MDisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AlphaOmegaAlpha,AmericanAcademyofDermatology,AmericanMedicalAssociation,andTexasMedicalAssociation

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DanielSLoo,MDAssociateProfessorofDermatology,ResidencyProgramDirector,DepartmentofDermatology,TuftsMedicalCenter

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JoelMGelfand,MD,MSCEMedicalDirector,ClinicalStudiesUnit,AssistantProfessor,DepartmentofDermatology,AssociateScholar,CenterforClinicalEpidemiologyandBiostatistics,UniversityofPennsylvania

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ChiefEditorWilliamDJames,MDPaulRGrossProfessorofDermatology,ViceChairman,ResidencyProgramDirector,DepartmentofDermatology,UniversityofPennsylvaniaSchoolofMedicine

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AdditionalContributorsSenaJLee,MD,PhDResidentPhysician,DepartmentofDermatology,HospitalofUniversityofPennsylvania

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PatriciaMercado,MDAssociateProfessorofDermatology,UniversityofAlabamaatBirminghamSchoolofMedicine

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LauraMTamburin,MDAffiliatedDermatology,PC

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KarolynAWanat,MDResidentPhysician,DepartmentofDermatology,UniversityofPennsylvaniaSchoolofMedicine

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