Guttate psoriasis following Kawasaki disease.
Guttate psoriasis developed in a 3.5-year-old boy during the course of Kawasaki disease (KD). The pathogenesis of this unusual complication may be production of superantigens, which is also considered to be a cause of KD.
Garty
B
B
Department of Pediatrics B, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva, Israel. Garty10@zahav.net.il
Mosseri
R
R
Finkelstein
Y
Y
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis