coronary aneurysm/seizures

Abnormalities of the coronary arteries in children are rare and Kawasaki disease is the most common cause of acquired coronary disease in a paediatric population. We report a case of a female child with coronary artery aneurysms and convulsions, who was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease. Due to

A 7-year-old girl with catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome was described. She firstly admitted to the local hospital with the complaints of persistent fever and abdominal pain, and was diagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus with the laboratory findings as follows; positive for

Rationale: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute vasculitis of small and medium vessels; whereas systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease. Their presentation is varied and not always straightforward, leading to misdiagnosis. There have been case reports of lupus

OBJECTIVE To study the pattern of clinical features, complications, and outcome of Kawasaki disease among Saudi children. METHODS Medical records and referral letters of all children (1997 through to 2001) diagnosed with Kawasaki disease were reviewed. This study was carried out at King Faisal