title: Kawasaki disease with predominant central nervous system involvement.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Services de Pédiatrie et de Cardiologie, Hôpital Farhat-Hached, Sousse, Tunisia.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tabarki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahdhaoui
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Selmi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yacoub
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Essoussi
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000209:etiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous