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Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) With Hematological Manifestations: A Case Report
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a new emerging severe form of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that recently has been recognized in April 2020 in the United States and the United Kingdom. MIS-C is an uncommon condition that mainly affects children who previously had a COV...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9093252/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35573511 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24035 |
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author | Alrefaey, Yazeid Alamoudi, Ahmad Johar, Reshale Albar, Rawia F |
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description | Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a new emerging severe form of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that recently has been recognized in April 2020 in the United States and the United Kingdom. MIS-C is an uncommon condition that mainly affects children who previously had a COVID-19 infection, and it can have serious outcomes if left untreated properly. The full clinical spectrum of this disease is yet not fully determined or understood. Here, we report a case of a 12-year-old girl, previously medically free, who presented to the emergency room complaining of shortness of breath and dizziness for two days. The patient was confirmed to have a COVID-19 infection in the workup. Laboratory studies showed elevated inflammatory markers, leukopenia, and elevated liver enzymes. Upon admission, the patient developed a persistent fever with a spike of 40ºC, not resolved with antibiotics or anti-inflammatory drugs. This was managed with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) followed by steroids but did not show dramatic change initially. The patient eventually improved with management and was discharged. |
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spelling | pubmed-90932522022-05-14 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) With Hematological Manifestations: A Case Report Alrefaey, Yazeid Alamoudi, Ahmad Johar, Reshale Albar, Rawia F Cureus Emergency Medicine Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a new emerging severe form of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that recently has been recognized in April 2020 in the United States and the United Kingdom. MIS-C is an uncommon condition that mainly affects children who previously had a COVID-19 infection, and it can have serious outcomes if left untreated properly. The full clinical spectrum of this disease is yet not fully determined or understood. Here, we report a case of a 12-year-old girl, previously medically free, who presented to the emergency room complaining of shortness of breath and dizziness for two days. The patient was confirmed to have a COVID-19 infection in the workup. Laboratory studies showed elevated inflammatory markers, leukopenia, and elevated liver enzymes. Upon admission, the patient developed a persistent fever with a spike of 40ºC, not resolved with antibiotics or anti-inflammatory drugs. This was managed with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) followed by steroids but did not show dramatic change initially. The patient eventually improved with management and was discharged. Cureus 2022-04-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9093252/ /pubmed/35573511 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24035 Text en Copyright © 2022, Alrefaey et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Emergency Medicine Alrefaey, Yazeid Alamoudi, Ahmad Johar, Reshale Albar, Rawia F Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) With Hematological Manifestations: A Case Report |
title | Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) With Hematological Manifestations: A Case Report |
title_full | Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) With Hematological Manifestations: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) With Hematological Manifestations: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) With Hematological Manifestations: A Case Report |
title_short | Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) With Hematological Manifestations: A Case Report |
title_sort | multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (mis-c) with hematological manifestations: a case report |
topic | Emergency Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9093252/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35573511 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24035 |
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