Acute Demyelinating Lesion of the Upper Thoracic Spine Complicating Kawasaki Disease

Bessey Geevarghese; James Gaensbauer; Jessica Cataldi; Meredith Schultz; Edwin J Asturias; Samuel R Dominguez

doi:10.1093/jpids/pis103

Acute Demyelinating Lesion of the Upper Thoracic Spine Complicating Kawasaki Disease

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2013 Dec;2(4):397-401. doi: 10.1093/jpids/pis103. Epub 2012 Dec 12.

Authors

Bessey Geevarghese¹, James Gaensbauer¹, Jessica Cataldi¹, Meredith Schultz², Edwin J Asturias¹, Samuel R Dominguez¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.
² Department of Child Neurology, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.

PMID: 26619505
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/pis103

Abstract

We present the first reported case of a child with Kawasaki disease (KD) complicated by meningoencephalitis and an acute focal demyelinating lesion. Neurologic outcome in this patient was excellent without any persistent neurologic deficits. We also review the neurologic complications associated with KD.

Keywords: Kawasaki disease; demyelinating lesion; meningoencephalitis.