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Intestinal ischaemia as a severe presentation of Kawasaki disease leading to short-bowel syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2013

François Godart ,
Ouassim M. Bakhti  and
Michel Bonnevalle
François Godart*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Hospital, University Lille Nord-de-France, Lille, France
Ouassim M. Bakhti
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Hospital, University Lille Nord-de-France, Lille, France
Michel Bonnevalle
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Surgery, University Lille Nord-de-France, Lille, France
*
Correspondence to: Dr F. Godart, MD, PhD, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Cardiac Hospital, University Lille Nord-de-France, Bd. du Pr Leclercq, 59037 Lille cedex, France. Tel: 33-3 20 44 53 69; Fax: 33-3 20 44 54 56; E-mail: francois.godart@chru-lille.fr
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Abstract

The authors describe a case of Kawasaki disease who presented fever, coronary artery aneurysm, and ischaemic intestinal obstruction requiring stage resections. A review of literature of such association is performed. Atypical Kawasaki disease is more complex to diagnose and in combination of persistent fever with no definite cause and surgical abdominal pain, Kawasaki disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis.

Keywords

Kawasaki diseaseintestinal obstructionischaemic mesenteric artery
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 567 - 570
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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