Rare Presentation of Self-Limiting Kikuchi–Fujimoto Disease in Relapsing Nature

Table 1

The results of laboratory tests of the patient before the biopsy.

	Laboratory investigations	Results	Normal range (for middle-aged woman)
Hematology	Hemoglobin	11.1 g/dl	12–16 g/dl
	White blood cell	3100 per microliter	—
	Total leukocyte count	775/mm^3	4000–10000/mm^3
	Platelet count	145 × 10^9/L	150–400 × 10^9/L
	Red blood cell count	4.5 million/mm^3	4.2–5.4 million/mm^3
	Mean corpuscular volume	80 fl	77–97 fl
	Neutrophils	62%	42–75%
	Lymphocytes	25%	20–51%
	Erythrocyte sedimentation rate	76 mm/h	0–30 mm/h
Biochemical serology	Blood urea nitrogen	16 mg/dl	8–20 mg/dl
	Serum creatinine	1.2 mg/dl	0.6–1.1 mg/dl
	Total bilirubin	0.7 mg/dl	0.2–1.2 mg/dl
	Direct bilirubin	0.3 mg/dl	0.1–0.3 mg/dl
	Serum alanine transaminase	11 U/l	Up to 31 U/l
	Serum aspartate transaminase	22 U/l	Up to 31 U/l
	Serum alkaline phosphatase	286 U/l	64–306 U/l
	Random blood sugar	92 mg/dl	80–140 mg/dl
	Lactate dehydrogenase	525 U/L	100–500 U/L
	Ferritin	295 ng/mL	5–130 ng/mL
	Globulins	40 g/L	20–35 g/L
	Albumin	34 g/L	34–54 g/L
Serology	Rheumatoid factor	1 U/mL	Up to 14 U/mL
	Anti-CCP	6	Negative <20 U/mL
	Antinuclear antibody (ANA)	Negative	—
	Anti-ds DNA	Negative	—
	Hepatitis A, B, C ab	Negative	—
	Human immunodeficiency viruses	Negative	—
	Occult blood	Negative	—
	Anti-EBV ab Ig M	Negative	—
	Antitoxoplasmosis ab Ig M	Negative	—
	Anti-CMV AbIg M	Negative	—
	Hepatitis A, B, C ab	Negative	—