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Yonsei Medical Journal
;
: 784-786, 2010.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-53343
ABSTRACT
Kawasaki disease is an acute, self-limiting febrile mucocutaneous vasculitis of infants and young children. Retropharyngeal lymphadenopathy is a rare presentation of Kawasaki disease. We present a case of Kawasaki disease mimicking a retropharyngeal abscess, with upper airway obstruction resulting in delayed diagnosis.