title: [Febrile torticollis: an atypical presentation of Kawasaki disease].
abstract: Kawasaki disease is a form of idiopathic systemic vasculitis. Diagnosis is based upon specific clinical parameters. Cardiac manifestations explain the mortality rate. They can be reduced by early treatment using intravenous immunoglobulin. Atypical Kawasaki disease is difficult to diagnose and can delay diagnosis. We report a case of Kawasaki disease with arthritis in a 4-year-old girl whose initial presentation was a febrile torticollis. A literature review details the atypical early signs of Kawasaki disease revealed by torticollis.
authors.affiliation: Service des urgences et maladies infectieuses pédiatriques, centre de la drépanocytose, hôpital d'enfants Armand-Trousseau, 26, avenue du Docteur-Arnold-Netter, 75012 Paris, France. camille.runel@trs.aphp.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Runel-Belliard
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lasserre
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Quinet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grimprel
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014103:Torticollis / Q000209:etiology*