Fatality in Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: A rare phenomenon

Table 1 Fatalities in Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease

Ref.	Presentation	Presence of autoantibodies	Cause of death
Uslu et al[13], 2014	A 32-year-old female with fever, fatigue, chest and abdominal pain for 15 d	Not mentioned	DIC
Sharma et al[14], 2015	A 57-year-old fever with fever and UTI	Yes: ANA, anti- La, anti-RNP	Septic shock and DIC
Sharma et al[14], 2015	A 55-year-old female with fever, dizziness, loss of balance, decreased hearing, diarrhea, vomiting and a non-blanching rash over the upper arms and thighs	Yes: Anti-Ro and anti-La	DIC

DIC: Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy; UTI: Urinary tract infection; ANA: Antinuclear antibody; anti-RNP: Anti-ribonucleoprotein.