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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Yu SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4008434 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20140502 5
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a self-limited disease without any need of surgical treatments. Sampling of tissue is the only invasive procedure during the clinical course. However, the standard sampling procedure with accuracy, minimal invasiveness, and esthetic maintenance has not been established yet. In this study, a retrospective review of clinical utility and pathological presentations of the ultrasound-guided core biopsy (USCB) and the open biopsy (OB) in consecutive KFD patients. From ...[more]