TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Kawasaki Disease
A1  - Bissonnette, Bruno
A1  - Luginbuehl, Igor
A1  - Engelhardt, Thomas
PY  - 2019
T2  - Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e
AB  - It  is  a  self-limited  vasculitic  syndrome  of  unknown  etiology,  which  is  characterized  by  fever,  cervical  adenopathies,  and  cardiac  anomalies.  The  presence  of  the  “Strawberry  Tongue  Pattern”  is  characteristic  of  this  medical  condition.  It  is  the  result  of  vascular  inflammation  associated  with  severe  and  prolonged  fever  that  does  not  respond  to  usual  therapy.  The  presence  of  painful  lymphadenopathy  in  the  neck,  with  large  cutaneous  rash  in  the  genital  area,  plus  red  eyes,  lips,  palms,  or  soles.  Within  3  weeks  of  the  onset,  the  skin  from  the  hands  and  feet  may  peel.  Recovery  then  typically  occurs.  The  presence  of  coronary  artery  aneurysms  may  develop  consequently  to  this  severe  vascular  inflammation.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164074927
ER  -