Facial nerve palsy in a thirteen-year-old male youth with Kawasaki disease.
A 13-year-old male youth was hospitalized with Kawasaki disease. In the course of the disease he developed a facial nerve palsy and an aneurysm of the right coronary artery. After treatment with immunoglobulins both complications disappeared within 10 days and 1 month, respectively.
Biezeveld
Maarten H
MH
Department of Pediatrics, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Voorbrood
Bas S
BS
Clur
Sally-Ann B
SA
Kuijpers
Taco W
TW
D000293:Adolescent; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000209:etiology; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous