Kawasaki disease and hepatobiliary involvement: report of two cases

BACKGROUND: Kawasaki disease (KD) without affection of the coronary artery system is rare. Optic nerve pathology together with KD has not been described earlier. CASE PRESENTATION: We present one case of KD in a 12-year-old girl predominantly with prolonged cholestasis, and a second case of multiple...

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Autores principales: Keeling, Ingeborg Marianne, Beran, Elisabeth, Dapunt, Otto Eugen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26951087
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13052-016-0238-7
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Kawasaki disease (KD) without affection of the coronary artery system is rare. Optic nerve pathology together with KD has not been described earlier. CASE PRESENTATION: We present one case of KD in a 12-year-old girl predominantly with prolonged cholestasis, and a second case of multiple recurrent KD in a 9-year-old boy with hepatomegaly and ischemic optic nerve neuropathy. The coronary artery system was not involved in either case. CONCLUSIONS: KD warrants rapid diagnosis and immediate specific treatment in order to prevent the high risk of coronary artery aneurysm and stenosis.

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