J Korean Pediatr Cardiol Soc.  2005 Dec;9(2):400-404.

A Case of Atypical Kawasaki Disease with Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea. leekyungyil@catholic.ac.kr

Abstract

Kawasaki disease(KD) is an acute febrile vasculitis with various clinical manifestations and the most common cause of acquired coronary arterial lesion in pediatric population. Occasionally, KD can be presented with some kind of unusual associations. of these, cases associated with autoimmune hemolytic anemia(AIHA) have been rarely reported worldwide. We report a case of KD associated with AIHA in the acute stage of disease and Parvovirus B19 infection, in a 4-month-old infant.

Keyword

Kawasaki disease; Autoimmune hemolytic anemia; Parvovirus B19 infection

MeSH Terms

Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune*
Humans
Infant
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome*
Parvovirus
Vasculitis
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