Somu Shivbalan

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  Article: Kawasaki disease mimicking retropharyngeal abscess.

  Ramaswamy Ganesh, Vazhkudai Sridharan Srividhya, Thiruvengadam Vasanthi, Somu Shivbalan
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  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.
  Yonsei medical journal 09/2010; 51(5):784-6. · 0.77 Impact Factor