Journal of the Korean Pediatric Cardiology Society  2005;9(2):400-404

A Case of Atypical Kawasaki Disease with Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia.

Ja Hyun HONG 1 ; Young Joo KWON ; Kyung Yil LEE ; Hong Ryang KIL ; Hyung Shin LEE ; Mi Hee LEE ; Byung Churl LEE

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Keywords

Kawasaki disease; Autoimmune hemolytic anemia; Parvovirus B19 infection

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

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.