Re-recognition of Kawasaki disease complicated with acute abdomen / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile eruption disease mainly caused by systemic vascular di-seases, often is diagnosed in infants and young children, and mainly involve small and medium arteries of the whole body.KD can be complicated by coronary artery disease, carditis, interstitial pneumonia, aseptic meningitis and so on.KD complicated with acute abdomen, such as cholecystitis, pancreatitis and intestinal obstruction, has also been paid attention to in recent years.Early identification of acute abdomen as a manifestation of KD complications and timely treatment can help improve the prognosis of coronary artery disease and acute abdomen caused by KD.