kimura disease

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What does kimura disease mean?

A rare benign chronic inflammatory disorder whose primary symptoms are subdermal lesions in the head or neck or painless unilateral inflammation of cervical lymph nodes.

Where does kimura disease come from?

Named after T. Kimura, who wrote about it in 1948.

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