J Korean Pediatr Soc.  1997 Sep;40(9):1293-1296.

A Case of Kawasaki Disease of Five Recurrences During 4 Years

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  • 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Kawasaki disease is an acute illness of early childhood, especially less than 5 years of age, characterized by prolonged fever (>5 days), changes of lips and oral cavity, changes of peripheral extremities, polymorphous skin rash, bilateral conjunctival congestion and acute nonpurulent cervical lymphadenopathy. Usually, the recurrence of Kawasaki disease is not frequent. It is thought that the factors in recurrence of Kawasaki disease was sex, age and IV gammaglobulin. We have experienced the first attack of Kawasaki disease at 18 months-old female who had 5 recurrences during 4 years.

Keyword

Kawasaki disease; Recurrence

MeSH Terms

Estrogens, Conjugated (USP)
Exanthema
Extremities
Female
Fever
Humans
Infant
Lip
Lymphatic Diseases
Mouth
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome*
Recurrence*
Estrogens, Conjugated (USP)
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