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SUBMITTER: Yu SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4008434 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yu Shan-Chi SC Chen Chun-Nan CN Huang Hsin-I HI Chen Tseng-Cheng TC Wang Cheng-Ping CP Lou Pei-Jen PJ Ko Jenq-Yuh JY Hsiao Tzu-Yu TY Yang Tsung-Lin TL
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]