Clinical features of Kawasaki disease initially mimicking retropharyngeal abscess: a retrospective analysis

• Main Authors: Yong-chao Chen (Author), Hong-guang Pan (Author), De-sheng Jia (Author), Hao-cheng Wang (Author), Lan Li (Author), Yi-shu Teng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective Incomplete Kawasaki disease (IKD) initially presenting as retropharyngeal abnormality is very rare and is prone to misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis, often leading to poor prognosis. Most patients were misdiagnosed with retropharyngeal abscesses. Here, we describe and compare IKD...