Kikuchi病(组织细胞坏死性淋巴腺炎)患者淋巴结的组织学改变已被阐明,但最近短时期连续的病例报道表明,除1972年日本首次报道本病外,其临床表现未被广泛评价。此病通常累及青年妇女,女性与男性之比大于4:1,许多国家的统计也如此。由于主要的报道均来自日本,并且欧洲及美国的许多病例都是亚洲血统者,因此可能有种族及遗传学上的易感性。典型患者表现为单 Histological changes in lymph nodes in patients with Kikuchi’s disease (histiocytosis) have been elucidated, but the recent short-term case reports show that their clinical manifestations have not been widely evaluated except in 1972 when Japan first reported the disease. The disease usually affects young women, with a ratio of women to men greater than 4: 1, as is the case in many countries. Because the major reports are from Japan, and many cases in Europe and the United States are of Asian descent, there may be racial and genetic predispositions. Typical patient performance is single