An Adolescent with Kawasaki Disease.
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2016-01
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Abstract
Kawasaki disease is an acute vasculitis of unknown etiology that predominantly affects children <5 years of age. The incidence and the
severity of myocarditis in this disease is variable and depends upon the stage of the disease, acute or chronic. Acute-stage Kawasaki
disease shows relatively high incidence of myocarditis, but almost all cases are clinically mild. We describe teenage boy presenting with
atypical/incomplete manifestations of Kawasaki disease and developing fulminant myocarditis within a week of illness resulting in
death. The case underscores the importance of suspecting Kawasaki disease in a young child presenting with features of myocardial
ischemia.
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Complications, Incomplete Kawasaki disease, Morbidity, Myocarditis
Citation
Gupta Kirti, Rohit Manojkumar, Sharma Avinash, Nada Ritambhra, Jain Sanjay, Varma Subhash. An Adolescent with Kawasaki Disease. Indian Pediatrics. 2016 Jan; 53(1): 51-56.