Atypical Kawasaki disease and gastrointestinal manifestations
Author(s) -
Ravinder Singh,
Colin W. Ward,
Mark Walton,
Rabin Persad
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1918-1485
pISSN - 1205-7088
DOI - 10.1093/pch/12.3.235
Subject(s) - kawasaki disease , medicine , exanthem , mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome , presentation (obstetrics) , disease , dermatology , pediatrics , polyarteritis nodosa , gastrointestinal tract , vasculitis , pathology , surgery , artery
Kawasaki disease is a syndrome that usually occurs in infants and children. It is characterized by an exanthem, enanthem, fever, lymphadenopathy, and polyarteritis of variable severity. The present report describes cases in which an initial presentation of Kawasaki disease included abdominal and gastrointestinal symptomatology.
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