Case Report: Acute Fulminant Cerebral Edema With Perivascular Abnormalities Related to Kawasaki Disease

Case Report: Acute Fulminant Cerebral Edema With Perivascular Abnormalities Related to Kawasaki Disease

Introduction: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis in children, but 0.4% of patients with KD exhibit central nervous system involvement. Acute encephalitis and encephalopathy accompanied with KD have been reported to be mostly self-limiting complications.Case Presentation: A 2-year-...

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Main Authors: Kenichi Maeda, Pin Fee Chong, Satoshi Akamine, Fumiya Yamashita, Yuya Morooka, Harushi Mori, Sooyoung Lee, Yumi Mizuno, Ryutaro Kira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
acute encephalitis
perivascular lesions
acute encephalopathy
acute fulminant cerebral edema
acute brain swelling
vasogenic edema
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.732110/full

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