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Methods: We report a case of isolated retroauricular KD in a 28-year-old White woman with a 3-year history of an isolated, enlarging, mildly painful retroauricular mass, accompanied by peripheral eosinophilia and elevated serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels. The mass was resected, imaging showed no other sites of concern, and there was no recurrence. Results: Histopathologically, eosinophilic microabscesses, prominent vascular proliferation, and lymphoid follicular hyperplasia with CD20+ B cells, CD3+ T cells, and preserved CD23+ follicular dendritic networks were identified. 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