Kimura’s disease: an extremely rare case report in an elderly male, followed by Hodgkin’s disease

Kimura disease is a benign rare chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology. The disease is mainly endemic in Asia, cases have been reported in Europe and America. The present case is of a 75 year Indian male who presented with cervical and axillary lymphadenopathy. Ultrasonography was done which showed multiple peritoneal lymph nodes. Peripheral smear showed eosinophilia. Cytomorphology and histopathology showed features of Hodgkin’s disease. S IgE level was raised.
5 years earlier patient had presented with similar complaints of generalized lymphadenopathy, raised IgE level, peripheral eosinophilia. FNAC of cervical lymph node done earlier showed cytomorphology of Reactive Lymphadenitis. Biopsy showed histology of Kimura’s disease.