title: Incomplete Kawasaki disease with intermittent fever and retropharyngeal inflammation.
abstract: Kawasaki disease is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology, presenting typically in infants and young children. We report a rare case of incomplete Kawasaki disease in a 15-month-old male infant presenting with symptoms mimicking retropharyngeal abscess and intermittent fever.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece. mariamachaira@me.com
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Machaira
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsolia
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Constantopoulos
authors.forename: Anastasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garoufi
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaltsa
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Radiotis
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Georgouli
mesh_terms: D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D017703:Retropharyngeal Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*