An infant presenting with acute gastroenteritis and intestinal edema and diagnosed as Kawasaki disease: Case report
IZMIR DR BEHCET UZ COCUK HASTANESI DERGISI, cilt.4, sa.2, ss.148-152, 2014 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 4 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2014
- Doi Numarası: 10.5222/buchd.2014.148
- Dergi Adı: IZMIR DR BEHCET UZ COCUK HASTANESI DERGISI
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.148-152
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Acute gastroenteritis, intestinal edema, Kawasaki disease
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Kütahya Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Kawasaki disease is an acute, febrile and systemic vasculitis with unknown etiology. Beside artery involvement, which is the most serious and commonest complication, Kawasaki disesase may also affect other organ systems. Presentations with nonspesific clinical pictures, lead to delays in the diagnosis and the treatment of the disease and increase the risk of coronary arter involvement. In this report, we present an 8-month-old boy with prolonged fever, acute gastroenteritis and intestinal edema on admission, who was diagnosed as Kawasaki disease during the course of the disease with subsequently developed clinical and echocardiographic findings and treated successfully.