A case of IVIG-resistant Kawasaki disease with gallbladder hydrops

dc.contributor.authorYildirim, Şule
dc.contributor.authorBinneto?lu, Fatih Köksal
dc.contributor.authorTekin, Mustafa
dc.contributor.authorBattal, Fatih
dc.contributor.authorAylanç, Hakan
dc.contributor.authorAylanç, Nilüfer
dc.contributor.authorKaymaz, Nazan
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T19:02:27Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T19:02:27Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractKawasaki Disease is an acute systemic vasculitis of childhood affecting small and medium-sized arteries particularly coronary arteries. Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy decreases the major cardiovascular complication of the disease. Atypical clinical conditions may accompany to the disease and these cases seem to be more prone to intravenous immunoglobulin resistance which is an important problem in the management of the cases. Herein, we presented a case of 4-year-old boy admitted to our emergency department with fever of 5 days duration and diagnosed as Kawasaki disease based on the clinical, laboratory and imaging findings. He was resistant to intravenous immunoglobulin treatment and in the follow up resulting abdominal tenderness was explained by gallbladder hydrops. Copyright © 2015 by Türkiye Klinikleri.
dc.identifier.doi10.5336/pediatr.2015-44286
dc.identifier.endpage86
dc.identifier.issn1300-0381
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84931091206
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage84
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5336/pediatr.2015-44286
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/13499
dc.identifier.volume24
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOrtadogŸu Reklam Tanitim Yayincilik Turizm Egitim Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
dc.relation.ispartofTurkiye Klinikleri Pediatri
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20250125
dc.subjectGallbladder; Immunoglobulins, intravenous; Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
dc.titleA case of IVIG-resistant Kawasaki disease with gallbladder hydrops
dc.typeArticle

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