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Coronary artery aneurysm and facial drooping in a infant with Kawasaki disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2020

Ye Yuan  and
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Ye Yuan
Affiliation:
The Department of Anesthesiology, the First hospital of Jilin university, Changchun, China
Na Lu*
Affiliation:
The Department of Pediatrics, the First hospital of Jilin university, Changchun, China
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Author for correspondence: N. Lu, The Department of Pediatrics, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China. Tel: +88782556; Fax: +88782556. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Kawasaki disease is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in infants and young children. Kawasaki disease that manifests as facial nerve palsy is extremely rare, and the diagnosis is challenging. We report a 4-month-old girl with Kawasaki disease who presented with fever, redness and cracking in the lips and oral cavity, and a right facial nerve palsy. The infant received intravenous immunoglobulin, acetyl salicylic acid, and warfarin. The patient’s fever subsided on the following day, and the right-sided facial nerve palsy was relieved a month later.

Keywords

Complicationcoronary artery aneurysmfacial nerve palsyincomplete Kawasaki diseasepediatrics
Type
Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 30 , Issue 12 , December 2020 , pp. 1957 - 1959
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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