Kawasaki disease with peripheral gangrene and autoamputation - an extremely rare complication: a case report

• Main Authors: Chaitanya Varma (Author), Shrikiran Aroor (Author), Suneel C Mundkur (Author), Karthick Annamalai (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Our Dermatology Online, 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Kawasaki disease (KD) is a form of acute vasculitis involving small and medium sized arteries. Ischemic necrosis of the extremities is a very rare and potentially severe complication of KD. Here we present a case of KD with peripheral gangrene and auto amputation, which is the first such case to be...