We report three patients who initially showed prolonged fever, lung parenchymal consolidation and laboratory findings of pneumonia, and secondarily presented a clinical picture ascribed to Kawasaki syndrome. Two of these children developed coronary artery dilations, which regressed upon echocardiography after 12 months. In the case of infants showing broncho-pulmonary abnormalities with slow resolution, active inflammatory parameters and high fever persistence, pediatricians should consider atypical Kawasaki syndrome as a possible alternative diagnosis. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.

De Maddi, F., Cinelli, R., Rigante, D., Mazzarella, G., Siani, P., Lung parenchymal consolidation as an uncommon presentation and cause of delayed diagnosis in atypical Kawasaki syndrome, <<RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL>>, 2009; 29 (11): 1373-1376. [doi:10.1007/s00296-008-0830-2] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/191871]

Lung parenchymal consolidation as an uncommon presentation and cause of delayed diagnosis in atypical Kawasaki syndrome

Rigante, D.;
2009

Abstract

We report three patients who initially showed prolonged fever, lung parenchymal consolidation and laboratory findings of pneumonia, and secondarily presented a clinical picture ascribed to Kawasaki syndrome. Two of these children developed coronary artery dilations, which regressed upon echocardiography after 12 months. In the case of infants showing broncho-pulmonary abnormalities with slow resolution, active inflammatory parameters and high fever persistence, pediatricians should consider atypical Kawasaki syndrome as a possible alternative diagnosis. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.
2009
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De Maddi, F., Cinelli, R., Rigante, D., Mazzarella, G., Siani, P., Lung parenchymal consolidation as an uncommon presentation and cause of delayed diagnosis in atypical Kawasaki syndrome, <<RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL>>, 2009; 29 (11): 1373-1376. [doi:10.1007/s00296-008-0830-2] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/191871]
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