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Table 2 Cases of KD initially presenting as retropharyngeal abnormality

From: Clinical features of Kawasaki disease initially mimicking retropharyngeal abscess: a retrospective analysis

Case

Age

(m)

Sex

Time from onset to KD diagnosis (days)

KD criteria (day that symptom appeared)

Echocardiogram for coronary artery during the acute illness

Management before diagnosis

1

70

F

4

Ocular (4); Oral (4); Rash (4); Extremities (5)

Normal

Antibiotic + Corticosteroids (parenteral dexamethasone; 0.2 mg/kg/d; 0.4 mg/kg)

2

70

F

6

Ocular (6); Oral (6); Extremities (6)

Dilation of RCA

Antibiotic + Corticosteroids (parenteral methylprednisolone; 1 mg/kg/d; 1 mg/kg)

3

57

F

7

Rash (5); Ocular (7); Oral (7)

Normal

Antibiotic + Corticosteroids (parenteral methylprednisolone; 1 mg/kg/d; 2 mg/kg)

4

90

F

10

Rash (7); Oral (9); Ocular (10); Extremities (10)

Normal

Antibiotic + Corticosteroids (parenteral methylprednisolone; 1 mg/kg/d; 2 mg/kg)

5

33

M

6

Ocular (6); Oral (6); Extremities (6)

Normal

Antibiotic

6

66

M

7

Oral (6); Ocular (7); Rash (7)

Normal

Antibiotic + Corticosteroids (parenteral dexamethasone; 0.2 mg/kg/d; 0.4 mg/kg)

7

52

M

7

Rash (4); Ocular (7); Oral (7)

Normal

Antibiotic + Corticosteroids

8

54

M

4

Ocular (4); Oral (4); Rash (4); Extremities (6)

Dilation of RCA

Antibiotic + Corticosteroids (parenteral dexamethasone; 0.2 mg/kg/d; 0.2 mg/kg)

9

56

M

9

Rash (8); Ocular (9); Oral (9)

Normal

Antibiotic + Corticosteroids

10

110

M

8

Ocular (8); Oral (8); Extremities (9)

Normal

Antibiotic + Corticosteroids (parenteral dexamethasone; 0.2 mg/kg/d; 0.6 mg/kg) + Drainage surgery

  1. F female, M male, RCA right coronary artery, Corticosteroids are expressed as corticosteroids (type; daily dose; accumulative dose)