HOARSENESS AS A PRESENTING SIGN IN CHILDREN WITH KAWASAKI DISEASE

作者：Leuin Shelby C; Shanbhag Swetha; Lago Denise; Sato Yuichiro; Sun Xiaoying; Jain Sonia; Burns Jane C; Tremoulet Adriana H^*

来源：Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2013, 32(12): 1392-1394.

DOI：10.1097/INF.0b013e3182a0960b

• Kawasaki disease
• hoarseness
• coronary artery dilatation
• vasculitis

We noted that many patients with Kawasaki disease (KD) were hoarse at presentation and thus evaluated the frequency of hoarseness in children with acute KD. New onset hoarseness was noted in 86 of 287 (30%) prospectively assessed KD patients. Laryngoscopic examination of 3 hoarse patients with acute KD revealed edema and erythema of the larynx.

• 出版日期2013-12