Kimura's disease: A clinical case related to a mosquito bite

Abstract

Kimura's disease is a benign, but locally injurious disease with a marked predilection for the head and neck. Of uncertain etiology, its tendency to present as a discrete, enlarging mass with associated lymphadenopathy makes it a condition of interest to clinicians who see head and neck pathology. Although rare, there are increasing numbers of reports of the condition and it should become part of the standard differential diagnosis. A typical case of this rare disease, apparently originating from a mosquito bite several years before presentation is presented.