A Ukrainian infant with giant coronary aneurysms: A case report and literature review

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Yuliia Klymyshyn1, Oleksii Datsko1, Yuriy Stepanovskyy2,3

  • 1Department of Cardiology Ukrainian Children's Cardiac Center Kyiv Ukraine.

Clinical Case Reports
|May 8, 2023
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Differentiating between Kawasaki disease (KD) and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is challenging. Prompt immunomodulatory treatment is crucial for both conditions to prevent coronary artery aneurysms, even before a definitive diagnosis.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Cardiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Immunology

Background:

  • COVID-19 can cause multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).
  • MIS-C presents symptoms that closely mimic Kawasaki disease (KD).
  • Both KD and MIS-C pose a risk of developing coronary artery aneurysms.

Keywords:
COVID‐19Kawasaki diseaseSARS‐CoV‐2mucocutaneous lymph node syndromemultisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

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