Senior Resident, Allergy Immunology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre (APC), 29751Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (29751PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Junior Resident, Department of Pediatrics, APC, 29751PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Trop Doct. 2021 Apr;51(2):233-235. doi: 10.1177/0049475520975943. Epub 2020 Dec 6.
Kawasaki disease is a common childhood vasculitis. Fever and lymphadenopathy, at times, are the only clinical presentation of Kawasaki disease, which mimics infectious lymphadenitis, especially, when other features are yet to evolve. In such a scenario, ultrasonography of cervical lymph nodes can help to differentiate Kawasaki disease lymphadenitis from infectious lymphadenitis. We present one such patient who was initially diagnosed as having bacterial lymphadenitis; however, ultrasonography of the neck lymph nodes showed typical imaging features described with Kawasaki disease lymphadenitis.
川崎病是一种常见的儿童血管炎。发热和淋巴结病,有时,是川崎病的唯一临床表现,川崎病类似于感染性淋巴结炎,尤其是在其他特征尚未出现时。在这种情况下,颈部淋巴结超声检查有助于区分川崎病淋巴结炎和感染性淋巴结炎。我们报告了这样一个患者,最初被诊断为细菌性淋巴结炎;然而,颈部淋巴结超声显示了具有川崎病淋巴结炎特征的典型影像学特征。