Remission of Kimura Disease With Carotid Hypervascularization After Cyclosporine Treatment

Severino Persechino; Armando Bartolazzi; Flavia Persechino; Antonella Tammaro; Sabatino Valente; Salvatore Raffa; Vincenzo Visco; Maria Rosaria Torrisi

doi:10.5826/dpc.1002a30

Remission of Kimura Disease With Carotid Hypervascularization After Cyclosporine Treatment

Authors

Severino Persechino Dermatology Unit, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Armando Bartolazzi Histopathology Unit, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Flavia Persechino Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Antonella Tammaro Dermatology Unit, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Sabatino Valente Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Salvatore Raffa Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine & Ultrastructural Pathology Laboratory, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Vincenzo Visco Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine & Ultrastructural Pathology Laboratory, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Maria Rosaria Torrisi Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine & Ultrastructural Pathology Laboratory, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Keywords:

Kimura disease, cyclosporine, carotid hypervascularity, eosinophilia

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