Kawasaki hastalığı
Also known as Kawasaki's disease, MLNS, acute febrile MCLS, acute febrile mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome [MCLS], mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, Kawasaki disease, KD, acute febrile mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, Infantile Polyarteritis Nodosa
human disease in which blood vessels throughout the body become inflamed
Key facts
- Other names
- Kawasaki syndrome, mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
- Specialty
- Pediatrics , Rheumatology , Immunology
- Symptoms
- Fever > 5 days, large lymph nodes , rash, sore throat , diarrhea
- Complications
- Coronary artery aneurysms
- Usual onset
- < 5 years old
- Duration
- ~ 3 weeks
- Causes
- Unknown
- Risk factors
- Age of < 5 years old, genetics
- Diagnostic method
- Based on symptoms, ultrasound of the heart
- Differential diagnosis
- Scarlet fever , juvenile rheumatoid arthritis , paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome
- Medication
- Oral Aspirin and intravenous immunoglobulin
- Prognosis