Appendicitis as the presenting manifestation of Kawasaki disease

In cases of Kawasaki’s disease (KD) presenting as acute surgical abdomen, rarely has the presence of acute appendicitis been found. We report two cases of histologically confirmed acute appendicitis in the presence of KD and a review of the literature as it pertains to acute abdomen and atypical pre...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric surgery international 2014-05, Vol.30 (5), p.549-552
Hauptverfasser:	Garnett, Gwendolyn M., Kimball, Sarah, Melish, Marian E., Thompson, Karen S., Puapong, Devin P., Johnson, Sidney M., Woo, Russell K.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Anti-Inflammatory Agents - therapeutic use Appendicitis - complications Appendicitis - surgery Aspirin - therapeutic use Case Report Child Child, Preschool Coronary Vessels - diagnostic imaging Diagnosis, Differential Echocardiography - methods Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - complications Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - diagnosis Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - drug therapy Pediatric Surgery Pediatrics Pericardial Effusion - diagnostic imaging Pericardial Effusion - drug therapy Pericardial Effusion - etiology Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - therapeutic use Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	In cases of Kawasaki’s disease (KD) presenting as acute surgical abdomen, rarely has the presence of acute appendicitis been found. We report two cases of histologically confirmed acute appendicitis in the presence of KD and a review of the literature as it pertains to acute abdomen and atypical presentations of KD.
ISSN:	0179-0358 1437-9813
DOI:	10.1007/s00383-013-3439-9