Etymology

Kimura disease

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

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

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