Among 365 children diagnosed as having Kawasaki disease (KD), only five children (1.4%) presented with splenomegaly: two were complicated by macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) and three ultimately received a diagnosis of alternative systemic illness. Splenomegaly is atypical in KD and a potential marker of an underlying complication, namely MAS, or diagnosis other than KD.
Splenomegaly in Kawasaki Disease: A Pitfall in Diagnosis / Miselli, Francesca; Mastrolia, Maria Vincenza; Simonini, Gabriele; Trapani, Sandra; Calabri, Giovanni Battista. - In: THE JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. - ISSN 0022-3476. - ELETTRONICO. - (2023), pp. 0-0. [10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.02.006]
Splenomegaly in Kawasaki Disease: A Pitfall in Diagnosis
Miselli, Francesca;Simonini, Gabriele;Trapani, Sandra;
2023
Abstract
Among 365 children diagnosed as having Kawasaki disease (KD), only five children (1.4%) presented with splenomegaly: two were complicated by macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) and three ultimately received a diagnosis of alternative systemic illness. Splenomegaly is atypical in KD and a potential marker of an underlying complication, namely MAS, or diagnosis other than KD.
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