Retropharyngeal edema: An unusual manifestation of kawasaki disease

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-185

  Langley, Emily W ^a   Kirse, Daniel K ^a   Barnes, Craig E ^a   Covitz, Wesley ^a   Shetty, Avinash K ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Kawasaki disease; retropharyngeal edema

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETROPHARYNGEAL EDEMA;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASPIRIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDEMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955560494     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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