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I.はじめに
頸部腫瘤,特に頸部リンパ節腫脹は耳鼻咽喉科において高頻度に遭遇する徴候であり,代表的な鑑別疾患として,急性および慢性炎症に伴う頸部リンパ節炎や悪性リンパ腫,頭頸部悪性腫瘍の転移などの腫瘍性疾患が挙げられる。しかし,自己免疫疾患など耳鼻咽喉科医にとってなじみの薄い疾患の1徴候として頸部リンパ節腫脹がみられた場合,診断は困難なものになる。
今回われわれは,頸部腫脹を主訴とした混合性結合組織病(mixed connective tissue disease:以下,MCTDと略)の症例を2例経験したので,これらの経過を報告するとともに,類似疾患との鑑別に注目し文献的考察を行った。
Two patients of mixed connective tissue disease(MCTD)presented with the chief complaint of a neck swelling. Both patients were young women,with Raynaud's phenomenon,and we suspected them to have autoimmune disease. Based on an increase in the U1-RNP level in serum and on their physical examinations,we diagnosed them as MCTD. They were treated with steroids.
Their symptoms were similar to those observed in Kimura's disease. When encountering cases demonstrating a repeated onset of similar to those seen in Kimura's disease,MCTD should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
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