Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy in a Child with Kawasaki Disease

Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy in a Child with Kawasaki Disease

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Vadood Javadi,1 Reza Shiari,1 Khosro Rahmani,1 Nazanin Farahbakhsh2 1Pediatric Rheumatology Department, Mofid Children’s Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 2Pediatric Pulmonology Department, Mofid Children’s Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranCorrespondence: Reza ShiariMofid Children’s Hospital, turbo air m3f24-1-n Shariati Ave, Tehran, IranTel/Fax +982122227033Email shiareza@yahoo.comAbstract: Kawasaki disease is a mysterious childhood vasculitis.It presents with multi-systemic involvement in which the prolonged high-grade fever and mucocutaneous and lymph node manifestations are the prominent features.Sometimes, the disease strikketøy oppbevaring has an unusual, atypical or incomplete presentation.

Herein, we present a child with hilar lymphadenopathy as a manifestation of Kawasaki disease.Keywords: Kawasaki disease, children, lymphadenopathy, pulmonary, mediastinum.