scholarly journals Crystalline-Like Keratopathy after Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy with Incomplete Kawasaki Disease: Case Report and Literature Review

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elif Erdem ◽  
Emine Kocabas ◽  
Hande Taylan Sekeroglu ◽  
Özlem Özgür ◽  
Meltem Yagmur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kawasaki Disease ◽  
Intravenous Immunoglobulin ◽  
Topical Steroid ◽  
Immunoglobulin Therapy ◽  
Incomplete Kawasaki Disease ◽  
Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy ◽  
Unexplained Fever ◽  
Disease Case ◽  
History Of ◽  
Immunoglobulin Treatment

A 7-year-old girl had presented with high body temperature and joint pain which continued for 3 days. Because of the prolonged history of unexplained fever, rash, bilateral nonpurulent conjunctival injection, oropharyngeal erythema, strawberry tongue, and extreme of age, incomplete Kawasaki disease was considered and started on an intravenous immunoglobulin infusion. Six days after this treatment, patient was referred to eye clinic with decreased vision and photophobia. Visual acuity was reduced to 20/40 in both eyes. Slit-lamp examination revealed bilateral diffuse corneal punctate epitheliopathy and anterior stromal haze. Corneal epitheliopathy seemed like crystal deposits. One day after presentation, mild anterior uveitis was added to clinical picture. All ocular findings disappeared in one week with topical steroid and unpreserved artificial tear drops. We present a case who was diagnosed as incomplete Kawasaki disease along with bilateral diffuse crystalline-like keratopathy. We supposed that unusual ocular presentation may be associated with intravenous immunoglobulin treatment.

Live attenuated vaccine efficacy six months after intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for Kawasaki disease

Vaccine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (39) ◽  
pp. 5680-5687
Author(s):  
Yoshihiko Morikawa ◽  
Hiroshi Sakakibara ◽  
Takahisa Kimiya ◽  
Toshimasa Obonai ◽  
Masaru Miura
Keyword(s):  
Kawasaki Disease ◽  
Intravenous Immunoglobulin ◽  
Vaccine Efficacy ◽  
Immunoglobulin Therapy ◽  
Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy ◽  
Live Attenuated Vaccine ◽  
Attenuated Vaccine

Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy Induces Neutrophil Apoptosis in Kawasaki Disease

2002 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Tsujimoto ◽  
Seiichiro Takeshita ◽  
Keigo Nakatani ◽  
Youichi Kawamura ◽  
Tomoharu Tokutomi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kawasaki Disease ◽  
Intravenous Immunoglobulin ◽  
Immunoglobulin Therapy ◽  
Neutrophil Apoptosis ◽  
Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy

Cerebral infarction after high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for Kawasaki disease

2006 ◽  
Vol 148 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasunori Wada ◽  
Atsushi Kamei ◽  
Yukiharu Fujii ◽  
Ken Ishikawa ◽  
Shoichi Chida
Keyword(s):  
Kawasaki Disease ◽  
Cerebral Infarction ◽  
Intravenous Immunoglobulin ◽  
Immunoglobulin Therapy ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy

scholarly journals Kawasaki Disease with Retropharyngeal Edema following a Blackfly Bite

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toru Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Kawasaki Disease ◽  
Subcutaneous Tissue ◽  
Systemic Reaction ◽  
Immunoglobulin Therapy ◽  
Hypersensitive Reaction ◽  
Retropharyngeal Abscess ◽  
Cervical Lymph Nodes ◽  
Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy ◽  
Left Neck ◽  
History Of

We describe a patient with Kawasaki disease (KD) and retropharyngeal edema following a blackfly bite. An 8-year-old boy was referred to our hospital because of a 3-day-history of fever and left neck swelling and redness after a blackfly bite. Computed tomography of the neck revealed left cervical lymph nodes swelling with edema, increased density of the adjacent subcutaneous tissue layer, and low density of the retropharyngeum. The patient was initially presumed to have cervical cellulitis, lymphadenitis, and retropharyngeal abscess. He was administered antibiotics intravenously, which did not improve his condition. The patient subsequently exhibited other signs of KD and was diagnosed with KD and retropharyngeal edema. Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy and oral flurbiprofen completely resolved the symptoms and signs. A blackfly bite sometimes incites a systemic reaction in humans due to a hypersensitive reaction to salivary secretions, which may have contributed to the development of KD in our patient.

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