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AMIN KABANI, MD, FRCPC; ARI JOFFE, MD; TAJ JADAVJI, MD, FRCPC, FAAP
Departments of Pediatrics, Microbiology, and Infectious Disease Alberta Children's Hospital 1820 Richmond Rd SW University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2T 5C7

Am J Dis Child. 1991;145(12):1349-1351.

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Sir.—Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile mucocutaneous vasculitis of unknown cause occurring in infants and children.¹ Diagnostic criteria for KD have been defined by the Centers for Disease Control² and are shown in Table 1. In the last decade, cases of atypical KD (AKD) have been reported that do not meet these criteria, but that have a very high coronary artery complication rate and mortality.^3-13 These coronary complications can safely be pre

vented with intravenous immunoglobulin if administered within 10 days of the beginning of illness.^14-16 In AKD, diagnosis is often delayed, preventing this effective early therapy.^3-13 We report five cases of KD (the first three of which are atypical cases) with development of a hydrocele by 10 days after illness began. To our knowledge, this is the first report of hydrocele with KD, and these findings may aid in early diagnosis and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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