Kawasaki disease presenting as hepatitis.
Kawasaki disease (KD) presenting with an acute hepatitic picture is exceedingly rare. A 3.5-year-old girl presented with acute hepatitis and went on to satisfy the criteria for the diagnosis of KD for which she was treated. There were no cardiac abnormalities or sequelae.
St James Hospital, Sliema, Malta. victor.e.grech@gov.mt
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Grech
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T
Buttigieg
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Portelli
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Kotes
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Attard
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P
Huhn
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Gauci
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Schembri-Wismayer
D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis