title: Early but prolonged gallbladder hydrops in a 7-month-old girl with Kawasaki syndrome: Report of a case.
abstract: Kawasaki syndrome (KS) is a self-limiting childhood disease. Gallbladder hydrops is an uncommon manifestation of this syndrome, found rarely in infants. We report the case of a 7-month-old girl with KS manifesting as gallbladder hydrops, which resolved spontaneously during follow-up. To our knowledge, this represents the youngest such case ever reported. We discuss the clinical characteristics, radiological features, and outcome of gallbladder hydrops in KS during infancy to help understand this rare complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Ankara Güven Hospital, SimSek sk. No: 29, 06450 Kavaklidere, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Odul
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Egritas
authors.forename: Nazire
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nacar
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hanioglu
authors.forename: Tutku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soyer
authors.forename: Tahsin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tezic
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007223:Infant; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous