title: Painful jaundice revealing Kawasaki disease in a young man.
abstract: Liver involvement is usually a minor manifestation of Kawasaki disease and includes hepatobiliary dysfunction or gallbladder hydrops. We describe here an unusual case of jaundice revealing an adult onset Kawasaki disease. An 18-year-old man presented with abdominal pain and jaundice associated with cholestasis as the initial manifestation of Kawasaki disease. Abdominal evaluation (ultrasonography and CT-scan) did not find abnormality. Other signs typical of the Kawasaki disease occurred a few days later and permitted diagnosis. With aspirin and intravenous immunoglobulins, outcome was favorable without any cardiovascular complication. Our case suggests that Kawasaki disease should be added to the etiological list of painful febrile icterus in young patients.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Granel
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Serratrice
authors.forename: Nicoleta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ene
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Igual
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Disdier
authors.forename: Pierre-Jean
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Weiller
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D001241:Aspirin