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- Title
Kawasaki Disease Mimicking Retropharyngeal Abscess.
- Authors
Ganesh, Ramaswamy; Srividhya, Vazhkudai Sridharan; Vasanthi, Thiruvengadam; Shivbalan, Somu
- Abstract
Kawasaki disease is an acute, self-limiting febrile mucocutaneous vasculitis of infants and young children. Retropharyngeal lymphadenopathy is a rare presentation of Kawasaki disease. We present a case of Kawasaki disease mimicking a retropharyngeal abscess, with upper airway obstruction resulting in delayed diagnosis.
- Subjects
MUCOCUTANEOUS lymph node syndrome; ABSCESS treatment; RESPIRATORY obstructions; LEUCOCYTES; DEGLUTITION disorders; VASCULITIS; COMMUNICABLE diseases in children; DIAGNOSIS; PATIENTS
- Publication
Yonsei Medical Journal, 2010, Vol 51, Issue 5, p784
- ISSN
0513-5796
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3349/ymj.2010.51.5.784