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The authors describe three cases of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) associated with Kikuchi's histiocitic necrotizing lymphadenitis (HNL). Two patients presented a cytomegalovirus infection concomitantly with Kikuchi's lymphadenitis; in one of them the onsets of SLE and HNL were simultaneous. In the third case an inguinal HNL was concomitant with vaginitis of unknown aetiology.
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Biasi, D., Caramaschi, P., Carletto, A. et al. Three clinical reports of Kikuchi's lymphadenitis combined with systemic lupus erythematosus. Clin Rheumatol 15, 81–82 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02231692
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