Kawasaki disease presenting as acute intestinal obstruction

• Main Authors: Yasir Ahmad Lone (Author), Jagadeesh Menon (Author), Prema Menon (Author), Kim Vaiphei (Author), Katragadda Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (Author), Baburam Thapa (Author), Kirti Gupta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile illness of childhood associated with vasculitis of medium-sized arteries especially the coronary arteries. Typical clinical features involving the skin, mucous surfaces, etc., occur sequentially over a few days. We report a rare presentation of KD as a surgi...