Atypical Kawasaki disease: coronary aneurysms and thrombocytopenia

The patient we have described had coronary artery aneurysms pathognomonic for Kawasaki disease after a nonspecific febrile illness not meeting the classic clinical criteria. The child had significant thrombocytopenia, which in the past has been thought to militate against the diagnosis of Kawasaki d...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Ala.), 1992-01, Vol.85 (1), p.40-42
Hauptverfasser:	Kinney, Jr, J B, Albano, E, Krober, M S, Stevenson, J G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Coronary Aneurysm - blood Coronary Aneurysm - diagnosis Coronary Aneurysm - etiology Echocardiography Female Humans Infant Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - blood Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - complications Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - diagnosis Platelet Count Thrombocytopenia - blood Thrombocytopenia - diagnosis Thrombocytopenia - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	The patient we have described had coronary artery aneurysms pathognomonic for Kawasaki disease after a nonspecific febrile illness not meeting the classic clinical criteria. The child had significant thrombocytopenia, which in the past has been thought to militate against the diagnosis of Kawasaki disease. Echocardiography should be considered in febrile infants with thrombocytopenia of uncertain etiology.
ISSN:	0038-4348
DOI:	10.1097/00007611-199201000-00012