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A febrile child with a 'bunch of grapes' appearance on neck ultrasonography

Authors :
Aaqib Zaffar Banday
Surjit Singh
Pratap Kumar Patra
Pandiarajan Vignesh
Naveen Bhagat
Source :
Tropical doctor. 51(2)
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Kawasaki disease is a common childhood vasculitis. Fever and lymphadenopathy, at times, are the only clinical presentation of Kawasaki disease, which mimics infectious lymphadenitis, especially, when other features are yet to evolve. In such a scenario, ultrasonography of cervical lymph nodes can help to differentiate Kawasaki disease lymphadenitis from infectious lymphadenitis. We present one such patient who was initially diagnosed as having bacterial lymphadenitis; however, ultrasonography of the neck lymph nodes showed typical imaging features described with Kawasaki disease lymphadenitis.

Details

ISSN :
17581133
Volume :
51
Issue :
2
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Tropical doctor
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....4bc8487e8d4176c8c862eeabda354241