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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2018

Typical Kawasaki Disease Presenting With Pancreatitis and Bilateral Parotid Gland Involvement: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Matteo Botti, Giorgio Costagliola, Rita Consolini

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matteo BottiSection of Pediatrics Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Giorgio CostagliolaSection of Pediatrics Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Rita ConsoliniSection of Pediatrics Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
University of Pisa · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe the case of a 3-year child in which pancreatic and parotid gland involvement preceded the development of the classical clinical phenotype of a typical Kawasaki disease (KD). The child was referred to the Emergency Department with a story of 3 days of continuous fever associated with abdominal pain and bilaterally swelling in the parotid regions; laboratory evaluation identified markedly increased levels of total amylase, pancreatic amylase, lipase, and transaminase, and diagnosis of pancreatitis was posed. After 9 days of fever and persistence of the clinical features, the classical signs of KD appeared, and the child was treated with intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG), showing a dramatic response with complete resolution of the clinical picture. In this work, we reviewed the literature about gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in KD, focusing on pancreatic and hepatic involvement. This analysis highlighted that, in case of fever associated with pancreatic inflammation, KD must be considered in the spectrum of differential diagnosis, and that GI involvement in KD is frequently associated with an incomplete response to IVIG treatment.

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fever of unknown originhyperamylasemiaKawasaki diseasepancreatitisparotitis

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PMID29696136
PMCPMC5904203
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