Kawasaki disease mimicking retropharyngeal abscess.
Kawasaki disease is an acute, self-limiting febrile mucocutaneous vasculitis of infants and young children. Retropharyngeal lymphadenopathy is a rare presentation of Kawasaki disease. We present a case of Kawasaki disease mimicking a retropharyngeal abscess, with upper airway obstruction resulting in delayed diagnosis.
Ganesh
Ramaswamy
R
Department of Pediatrics, Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, 12- A, Nageswara road, Nungambakkam, Chennai-600034, TamilNadu, India. ganeped79@rediffmail.com
Srividhya
Vazhkudai Sridharan
VS
Vasanthi
Thiruvengadam
T
Shivbalan
Somu
S
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D017703:Retropharyngeal Abscess / Q000473:pathology*