Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine,
Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Note: [] Correspondence: Dr. Carline Koh, Department of Pediatrics and
Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital
Road, Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong, China. Tel.: +86 852 29903244; Fax: +86 852
29903481; E-mail: carlinekoh@yahoo.com.hk
Abstract: Kawasaki disease (KD), a condition primarily affecting infants and
young children, is commonly encountered by physicians nowadays. However, large
retropharyngeal swelling in the presence of KD is rarely reported in
literature. In this report, we present a 9-month-old female with KD mimicking
retropharyngeal abscess, with review of seven previously published case
reports.
