Yeditepe Journal of Health Sciences

Case Report

Gallbladder Hydrops in an Infant with Kawasaki Disease

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Abstract

ABSTRACT

Kawasaki disease is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in childhood. Gallbladder hydrops is an uncommon manifestation of this disease, found rarely in infants. We report the case of Kawasaki disease in a 9-month-old boy with cardiac involvement and abdominal distention related to gallbladder hydrops which was diagnosed by ultrasonography and resolved spontaneously during follow-up.

Keywords:

Gallbladder hydrops, infant, Kawasaki disease

VOLUME

ISSUE

December 2011

Correspondence

Suat Bicer

suat.bicer@yeditepe.edu.tr

Received

January 1, 1970

Accepted

January 1, 1970

Published

December 1, 2011

Suggested Citation

Çöl D, Bicer S, Giray T, Erdağ GÇ, Saltık L, Vitrinel A. GALLBLADDER HYDROPS IN AN INFANT WITH KAWASAKI DISEAS. YMJ. 2011;20.

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