Open AccessKawasaki disease presenting as acute intestinal obstruction
Author(s) -
Yasir Ahmad Lone,
Jagadeesh Me,
Prema Me,
Kim Vaiphei,
K. L. N. Rao,
Baburam Thapa,
Kirti Gupta
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.207632
Subject(s) - medicine , kawasaki disease , presentation (obstetrics) , acute abdomen , vasculitis , disease , coronary arteries , abdomen , surgery , artery
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile illness of childhood associated with vasculitis of medium-sized arteries especially the coronary arteries. Typical clinical features involving the skin, mucous surfaces, etc., occur sequentially over a few days. We report a rare presentation of KD as a surgical abdomen in a 2-year-old boy. Awareness of this presentation is important as it can otherwise lead to a delay in starting potentially life-saving intervention like intravenous immunoglobulins for cardiac complications kept cryptic by the manifest acute abdomen.