Kawasaki disease with predominant central nervous system involvement

A 4-year-old female was hospitalized with clinical and electroencephalographic evidence of acute encephalopathy. Five days later the classic signs of Kawasaki disease appeared. The neurologic outcome in this female was poor despite early treatment with immunoglobulin. Like many other vasculitidies,...

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Published in:Pediatric neurology 2001-09, Vol.25 (3), p.239-241
Main Authors: Tabarki, Brahim, Mahdhaoui, Abdallah, Selmi, Habib, Yacoub, Moncef, Essoussi, Ahmed S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atrophy
Autistic Disorder - etiology
Biological and medical sciences
Brain - pathology
Child, Preschool
Epilepsy - etiology
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medical sciences
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - complications
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - drug therapy
Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis
Treatment Outcome
Tropical medicine
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Summary:A 4-year-old female was hospitalized with clinical and electroencephalographic evidence of acute encephalopathy. Five days later the classic signs of Kawasaki disease appeared. The neurologic outcome in this female was poor despite early treatment with immunoglobulin. Like many other vasculitidies, Kawasaki disease can have predominant neurologic symptoms as the initial presentation and during the subsequent evolution of the condition.
ISSN:0887-8994
1873-5150
DOI:10.1016/S0887-8994(01)00290-9