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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000082242
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000082242
Preferred Name

Kimura Disease

Definitions
A chronic inflammatory disease characterized by benign enlargement of cervical LYMPH NODE and SALIVARY GLANDS with increased levels of IMMUNOGLOBULIN E. Unlike ANGIOLYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA WITH EOSINOPHILIA it involves eosinophil infiltrates in lymph node and salivary glands and mostly found in Asian males.
Synonyms
Eosinophilic Hyperplastic Lymphogranuloma
Lymphofolliculosis, Eosinophilic
Kimura's Diseases
Disease, Kimura
Hyperplastic Lymphogranuloma, Eosinophilic
Eosinophilic Lymphofolliculosis
Eosinophilic Hyperplastic Lymphogranulomas
Disease, Kimura's
Eosinophilic Lymphofollicular Granulomas
Granuloma, Eosinophilic Lymphofollicular
Kimuras Disease
Eosinophilic Lymphofolliculoses
Kimura's Disease
Lymphogranuloma, Eosinophilic Hyperplastic
Eosinophilic Granuloma of Soft Tissue
Lymphofollicular Granuloma, Eosinophilic
Eosinophilic Lymphofollicular Granuloma
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