Incomplete Kawasaki Disease in an Elderly Man

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology, affecting predominantly young children. Here, we describe an unusual case of a 75-year-old man with several unique features of incomplete KD. Healthcare professionals should therefore be aware of the importance of considering KD at...

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Autores principales: Safa, Gilles, Saillard, Clémence, Darrieux, Laure
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2013
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Published online: January, 2013
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23466462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000346567
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description Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology, affecting predominantly young children. Here, we describe an unusual case of a 75-year-old man with several unique features of incomplete KD. Healthcare professionals should therefore be aware of the importance of considering KD at any age, even among elderly individuals. This case also highlights the usefulness of the algorithm proposed for children to diagnose incomplete KD in adults.
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spelling pubmed-35737892013-03-05 Incomplete Kawasaki Disease in an Elderly Man Safa, Gilles Saillard, Clémence Darrieux, Laure Case Rep Dermatol Published online: January, 2013 Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology, affecting predominantly young children. Here, we describe an unusual case of a 75-year-old man with several unique features of incomplete KD. Healthcare professionals should therefore be aware of the importance of considering KD at any age, even among elderly individuals. This case also highlights the usefulness of the algorithm proposed for children to diagnose incomplete KD in adults. S. Karger AG 2013-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3573789/ /pubmed/23466462 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000346567 Text en Copyright © 2013 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
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title_short Incomplete Kawasaki Disease in an Elderly Man
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topic Published online: January, 2013
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