Two Cases of Adult-onset Kawasaki Disease with a Difficult Diagnosis

We encountered two consecutive cases of adult-onset Kawasaki disease (AKD) that were difficult to diagnose. In both cases, Kawasaki disease was not considered as a differential diagnosis in the early stages. However, it was possible to make a diagnosis by citing the disease as a differential diagnos...

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Autores principales: Maeda, Kana, Marutani, Satoshi, Nishi, Kohsuke, Ueshima, Kazushi, Imaoka, Nori, Sugimoto, Keisuke, Inamura, Noboru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10686738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36889710
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.1204-22
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author Maeda, Kana
Marutani, Satoshi
Nishi, Kohsuke
Ueshima, Kazushi
Imaoka, Nori
Sugimoto, Keisuke
Inamura, Noboru
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description We encountered two consecutive cases of adult-onset Kawasaki disease (AKD) that were difficult to diagnose. In both cases, Kawasaki disease was not considered as a differential diagnosis in the early stages. However, it was possible to make a diagnosis by citing the disease as a differential diagnosis and introducing the patients to the pediatrics department. AKD has a minimal incidence rate and may have a clinical course different from that of childhood-onset Kawasaki disease. Therefore, it is necessary to incorporate Kawasaki disease into the differentiation of an adult fever and to consult with a pediatrician for its diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-106867382023-11-30 Two Cases of Adult-onset Kawasaki Disease with a Difficult Diagnosis Maeda, Kana Marutani, Satoshi Nishi, Kohsuke Ueshima, Kazushi Imaoka, Nori Sugimoto, Keisuke Inamura, Noboru Intern Med Case Report We encountered two consecutive cases of adult-onset Kawasaki disease (AKD) that were difficult to diagnose. In both cases, Kawasaki disease was not considered as a differential diagnosis in the early stages. However, it was possible to make a diagnosis by citing the disease as a differential diagnosis and introducing the patients to the pediatrics department. AKD has a minimal incidence rate and may have a clinical course different from that of childhood-onset Kawasaki disease. Therefore, it is necessary to incorporate Kawasaki disease into the differentiation of an adult fever and to consult with a pediatrician for its diagnosis. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2023-03-08 2023-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10686738/ /pubmed/36889710 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.1204-22 Text en Copyright © 2023 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/The Internal Medicine is an Open Access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Nishi, Kohsuke
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Sugimoto, Keisuke
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title Two Cases of Adult-onset Kawasaki Disease with a Difficult Diagnosis
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title_short Two Cases of Adult-onset Kawasaki Disease with a Difficult Diagnosis
title_sort two cases of adult-onset kawasaki disease with a difficult diagnosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10686738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36889710
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.1204-22
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