Kimora disease [angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia]

ABSTRACT

Kimora disease is one of the rarely encountered skin disorders which was first described by kimora in [1969] as a nodular angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia. Wills and Whimster [1969] reoprted few cases of angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia as the same disease. It was suggested by Lie et al, and accepted by Wilson Jones that kimora disease and temporal arteritis are the same disease. Wilson Jones and Bleehan presented many cases of small angiomatous nodules, showing proliferated blood vessels and numerous eosinophils, designated as Pseudogenic granulomas, which were considered to belong to Kimora Recently Mui PK et al [1989] denied the identity of angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia and reported the name of Kimora lymphadcnopathy which considered as a disease with good prognosis. All the reported cases were from Japan and Europe and no specific drug was used for it. This is the first report from Arab countries [Fig.4] which was improved by using methotrexate with predinsoplone