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INFANTILE POLYARTERITIS AND KAWASAKI DISEASE
Author(s) -
SMITH A. D.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1977.tb07911.x
Subject(s) - kawasaki disease , medicine , mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome , polyarteritis nodosa , mucocutaneous zone , girl , disease , dermatology , systemic disease , vasculitis , pediatrics , pathology , surgery , artery , psychology , developmental psychology
. Polyarteritis in infancy is very rare, difficult to diagnose and invariably fatal. A 6‐month‐old girl who presented with a prolonged unexplained fever and was subsequently demonstrated at post‐mortem examination to have polyarteritis is described. The combination of polyarteritis with some unusual presenting features suggests that the case described is one of the Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome (M.L.N.S.) or Kawasaki Disease. Polyarteritis and Kawasaki Disease are discussed with reference to the case described.