Coronary artery dilatation on the fifth day of fever in a case of Kawasaki disease

Abstract

9A 10 month old boy was brought to Apollo Hospitals, Colombo on 24 January 2003 with a history of high grade fever, poor feeding, skin rash and intermittent drowsiness for 2 days. He had a generalized macular skin rash, drowsiness and tearing from both eyes, which were red. Rest of the examination was normal. A septic screen, including a lumber puncture, was done. All investigations were normal except for the ESR which was 72 at 2 hours.