Atypical Kawasaki Disease in a 6-year-old Albanian child, Case report
1 Radiology Department, Catholic Hospital “Our Lady of Good Counsel”, Tirana, Albania
2 Pediatric Clinic, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo.
3 Radiology Department, American Hospital, Tirana.
4 Freelance
Case Study
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 23(02), 126–132
Publication history:
Received on 19 July 2024; revised on 25 August 2024; accepted on 28 August 2024
Abstract:
Background: Kawasaki Disease is a vasculitis of medium size arteries of children less than 5 years. If untreated it results in dilatations of coronary arteries and may lead to aneurisms, heart failure, myocardial infarction and death.
Case summary: A 6-year-old child had prolonged fever of 7 days, mucosal involvement of throat and mouth and edema of limbs. After evaluation, the diagnosis of KD was made, and the child was treated with aspirin and corticosteroids.
Discussion: An atypical case of KD was made with only fever and two out of five criteria met. Follow-up revealed no complications.
Keywords:
Kawasaki Disease; Coronary arterial aneurism; Echocardiography; Coronary artery aneurysm; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Vasculitis; Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
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