title: Myocardial infarction in a 35-day-old infant with incomplete Kawasaki disease and chicken pox.
abstract: Kawasaki disease is an acute febrile vasculitis of infancy and early childhood. It is uncommon in early infancy, because a significant proportion of these children do not meet the classical diagnostic criteria at this age. Infants younger than 6 months with persistent fever and some of the criteria of Kawasaki disease should always raise suspicion for Kawasaki disease early to avoid delayed diagnosis with severe cardiac complications. We present a 35-day-old infant with incomplete Kawasaki disease complicated with myocardial infarction during chicken pox.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Pediatrics, "Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece. lydiakossiva@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Lydia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kossiva
authors.forename: Marios
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: Evangelia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lagona
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: Corina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Athanassaki
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*