title: Kawasaki disease mimicking retropharyngeal abscess.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, 12- A, Nageswara road, Nungambakkam, Chennai-600034, TamilNadu, India. ganeped79@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Ramaswamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ganesh
authors.forename: Vazhkudai Sridharan
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Srividhya
authors.forename: Thiruvengadam
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vasanthi
authors.forename: Somu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shivbalan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D017703:Retropharyngeal Abscess / Q000473:pathology*