A chronic inflammatory disease characterized by benign enlargement of cervical LYMPH NODE and SALIVARY GLANDS with increased levels of IMMUNOGLOBULIN E. Unlike ANGIOLYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA WITH EOSINOPHILIA it involves eosinophil infiltrates in lymph node and salivary glands and mostly found in Asian males.
Also Known As:
Eosinophilic Granuloma of Soft Tissue; Eosinophilic Hyperplastic Lymphogranuloma; Eosinophilic Lymphofollicular Granuloma; Eosinophilic Lymphofolliculosis; Disease, Kimura; Disease, Kimura's; Eosinophilic Hyperplastic Lymphogranulomas; Eosinophilic Lymphofollicular Granulomas; Eosinophilic Lymphofolliculoses; Granuloma, Eosinophilic Lymphofollicular; Hyperplastic Lymphogranuloma, Eosinophilic; Kimura's Diseases; Kimuras Disease; Lymphofollicular Granuloma, Eosinophilic; Lymphofolliculosis, Eosinophilic; Lymphogranuloma, Eosinophilic Hyperplastic; Kimura's Disease