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1/Case 02/01
PRESENTING FELLOW
Sharon Dell, Paediatric Respiratory ResidentHospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
REASON FOR REFERRAL
A 2 year old Canadian girl of East Indian ethnicity presented with a three day history of fever, cough and nasal congestion. She was tachypneic and had a small oxygen requirement. A CXR showed a "ground glass" appearance on the right side and an overall interstitial pattern.Of note, she had been unwell for the previous two months. She had been admitted to hospital for 3 weeks at the beginning of this illness with a diagnosis of "Atypical Kawasaki Disease". This had manifested as a flu like illness with prolonged fever, rash and a mild myocarditis.
She was treated with several courses of IVIG with no clinical response. Finally she was treated with steroids, with some clinical response, and discharged home on 2mg/kg of Prednisone, which she had now been on for over a month. A chest consult was called, to give an opinion on the etiology of her current lung disease.
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CASE PRESENTATION
HPIThis 2 year old girl presented two months ago (end of winter) with a flu-like illness which consisted of fever for 2 weeks, puffy eyes, hands and feet and an erythematous, "slapped cheek" appearing face. She was diagnosed with pneumonia at a community hospital after a CXR apparently showed right lower lobe and left lower lobe infiltrates. She was treated with Cefzil followed by Zithromax and had no clinical response. A cursory infectious work-up with nasopharyngeal swab and blood cultures was negative. A diagnosis of Kawasaki disease was made and she was treated with intravenous immunoglobulins and ASA at the community hospital. She still did not defervesce.
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