Dr. Nuralievichover 7 years ago

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile vasculitic syndrome of early childhood that, although it has a good prognosis with treatment, can lead to death from coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) in a very small percentage of patients. Signs and symptoms Kawasaki disease produces prolonged fever (often abrupt in onset and preceded by several days of nonspecific symptoms) along with a constellation of clinical features that includes the following: Irritability Nonexudative bilateral conjunctivitis (90%) Anterior uveitis (70%) Perianal erythema (70%) Sterile pyuria Erythema and edema on the hands and feet; the latter impedes ambulation Strawberry tongue and lip fissures Hepatic, renal, and GI dysfunction Myocarditis and pericarditis Lymphadenopathy (75%); generally, a single, enlarged, nonsuppurative cervical node measuring approximately 1.5 cm.