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- Title
MIS-C vs Incomplete Kawasaki's Disease in a 12-year-old Female: A Case Study.
- Authors
Morris, Kahlen R.; Hemmer, Allison M.; Sievers, Meaghan E.; VanKalsbeek, Mitchell B.; Reynen, Peter J.
- Abstract
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare but severe post-infectious complication of SARSCoV-2 that seems to occur most frequently two to six weeks after infection. MIS-C can present very similarly to Kawasaki's disease (KD) with symptoms such as a skin rash in addition to a prolonged fever. Here we present a case of a 12-year-old African American/Black female with incomplete KD presenting similarly to MIS-C. The patient presented with prolonged fever, eventually worsening to shock and cardiac dysfunction. We further review the similarities and differences between incomplete KD and MIS-C. Due to their similarities, it is important to keep these diagnoses on the differential when a child presents with a prolonged fever.
- Subjects
MULTISYSTEM inflammatory syndrome in children; MUCOCUTANEOUS lymph node syndrome; BLACK women; HEART diseases; EXANTHEMA
- Publication
South Dakota Medicine, 2024, Vol 77, Issue 3, p120
- ISSN
0038-3317
- Publication type
Article