Children with Kawasaki disease often have a distinctive facial rash beginning around the eyes, extending to the areas surrounding both sides of the nose, and around the mouth, which forms a distinctive "T-shape" (Figure 1c and d, two children with Kawasaki disease). Kawasaki di...
Kawasaki disease is an uncommon illness in children that causes fever, swollen lymph nodes, sore throat, rash, redness or swelling of the hands or feet, and conjunctivitis. A non-blistering rash is one of the clinical features of Kawasaki disease. Kawasaki disease is an uncommon illness that ...
et al. Diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of Kawasaki disease: a statement for health professionals from the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young. Am Heart Assoc. 2004;110(17):2747–71. ...
Because these features are much more common in the Far East, the condition is recognized as part of a mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome. The cardiac part of this syndrome is now widely referred to as Kawasaki disease. Other symptoms are not necessary for the diagnostic conclusions including joint...
BCG site reactivation in a 9 year old boy with Kawasaki disease A 9 year old boy presented with history of fever for 7 days. He also had a generalized erythematous rash, non-exudative conjunctival injection, red and cracked lips, strawberry tongue, left sided cervical lymphadenopathy and peeling...
Kawasaki disease, measles, staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, and Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Any child presenting with fever and petechiae or purpura must be evaluated carefully for the possibility of meningococcemia. Bloody diarrhea with pallor and petechiae should raise concern about the ...
Two distinct disorders, polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) and Kawasaki disease (KD) belong to the category of medium-vessel vasculitis, each of which can have associated headache symptoms. Polyarteritis Nodosa There are only a few well-documented postmortem series of patients with PAN to investigate the ...
Conclusion: KD needs to be considered in the differential diagnosis of all children with persistent unexplained fever with rash. A great number of cases of KD are missed and treated as common cold or flu. KAWASAKI DISEASE EXPERIENCE AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN He was apparently...
We can meet this eruption in a lot of circumstances, from the classical and benign rubella or scarlet fever to the dreadful Kawasaki disease or systemic lupus. In this huge topic, we chose to focus on three current questions: the new semiology of the exanthemas in childhood, the different ...
Acute Kawasaki Disease: Not Just for Kids Kawasaki Disease is a small-to-medium-vessel vasculitis that preferentially affects children. Kawasaki Disease can occur in adults, but the presentation ma... AE Wolff,KE Hansen,L Zakowski - 《Journal of General Internal Medicine》 被引量: 75发表: 2007...