Intestinal Involvement in Kawasaki Disease
- Authors: Colomba, Claudia; La Placa, Simona; Saporito, Laura; Corsello, Giovanni; Ciccia, Francesco; Medaglia, Alice; Romanin, Benedetta; Serra, Nicola; Di Carlo, Paola; Cascio, Antonio
- Publication year: 2018
- Type: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- Key words: Bowel disease; Kawasaki; abdominal pain; coronary artery aneurysm; intestinal pseudo-obstruction; pediatric gastroenterology; Abdominal Pain; Adolescent; Diagnosis, Differential; Fever; Hematologic Tests; Hepatomegaly; Humans; Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; Intestinal Diseases; Intestinal Obstruction; Male; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome; Splenomegaly; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Hospitalization
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/350574
Abstract
To describe a case of Kawasaki disease with intestinal involvement and to analyze other published reports to define clinical characteristics, diagnostic issues, and therapeutic approaches of gastrointestinal involvement in Kawasaki disease.