title: Kawasaki disease with autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Association of autoimmune haemolytic anaemia has been seldom reported with Kawasaki disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 7-month-old boy, presented with prolonged fever, erythematous rash, severe pallor and hepatosplenomegaly.
  
  
  METHODS
  Positive Direct Coombs test and coronary artery aneurysm on echocardiography. He was managed with steroids along with intravenous immunoglobulins and aspirin.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Early identification of the condition helped in the management.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients of autoimmune hemolytic anemia with unusual features such as prolonged fever, skin rash, and mixed antibody response in Coombs test should be evaluated for underlying Kawasaki disease as a possible etiology.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Hematology Oncology and BMT Unit; and *Institute of Child Health; Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India. Correspondence to: Dr Anupam Sachdeva, Head of Department, Institute of Child Health, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110 060, India. anupampublications@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dhwanee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thakkar
authors.forename: Nita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Pruthi
authors.forename: Anupam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sachdeva
mesh_terms: D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune; D003298:Coombs Test; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins