Open AccessHoarseness as a Presenting Sign in Children With Kawasaki Disease
Author(s) -
Shelby Leuin,
S. Shanbhag,
Denise Lago,
Yuichiro Sato,
Xiaoying Sun,
Sonia Jain,
Jane C. Burns,
Adriana H. Tremoulet
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0b013e3182a0960b
Subject(s) - medicine , kawasaki disease , larynx , erythema , edema , laryngeal edema , dermatology , presentation (obstetrics) , laryngitis , pediatrics , surgery , artery
We noted that many patients with Kawasaki disease (KD) were hoarse at presentation and thus evaluated the frequency of hoarseness in children with acute KD. New onset hoarseness was noted in 86 of 287 (30%) prospectively assessed KD patients. Laryngoscopic examination of 3 hoarse patients with acute KD revealed edema and erythema of the larynx.