Appendicitis as the presenting manifestation of Kawasaki disease

In cases of Kawasaki’s disease (KD) presenting as acute surgical abdomen, rarely has the presence of acute appendicitis been found. We report two cases of histologically confirmed acute appendicitis in the presence of KD and a review of the literature as it pertains to acute abdomen and atypical pre...

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Published inPediatric surgery international Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 549 - 552
Main Authors Garnett, Gwendolyn M., Kimball, Sarah, Melish, Marian E., Thompson, Karen S., Puapong, Devin P., Johnson, Sidney M., Woo, Russell K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2014
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Acute Disease
Anti-Inflammatory Agents - therapeutic use
Appendicitis - complications
Appendicitis - surgery
Aspirin - therapeutic use
Case Report
Child
Child, Preschool
Coronary Vessels - diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography - methods
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - complications
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - diagnosis
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - drug therapy
Pediatric Surgery
Pediatrics
Pericardial Effusion - diagnostic imaging
Pericardial Effusion - drug therapy
Pericardial Effusion - etiology
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - therapeutic use
Surgery
Acute abdomen
Acute appendicitis
Kawasaki disease
Vasculitis
Coronary artery aneurysm
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Summary:In cases of Kawasaki’s disease (KD) presenting as acute surgical abdomen, rarely has the presence of acute appendicitis been found. We report two cases of histologically confirmed acute appendicitis in the presence of KD and a review of the literature as it pertains to acute abdomen and atypical presentations of KD.
ISSN:0179-0358
1437-9813
DOI:10.1007/s00383-013-3439-9