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Title: | Tender cervical lymphadenitis as a herald of multi-system inflammatory syndrome in COVID-19 infection of children and adolescents: a report of two cases |
Authors: | Wanninayake, L. de Abrew, G. Logeshwaran, D. Weerasinghe, C. Gowinna, P. Mettananda, S. Premaratna, R. |
Keywords: | COVID 19 Case report Cervical lymphadenitis Multisystem inflammatory syndrome. |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central, London |
Citation: | BMC Infectious Diseases.2022;22(1):946. |
Abstract: | Background: Post-COVID-19 multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) has been increasingly recognized but fever with isolated tender cervical lymphadenitis as the initial presentation has been rarely reported. We present 2 female patients one a child and the other an adolescent. Case presentation: Case 1 was a 13-year-old girl who presented with tender cervical lymphadenopathy and fever 3-weeks post-COVID-19, and then developed features of MIS 5 days later. Case 2, also female, was 18 years old. She had no history of COVID-19 infection or immunization but had a serologic diagnosis of COVID-19. She similarly presented with fever and tender cervical lymphadenopathy, and then progressed rapidly to develop features of MIS. Both patients responded well to treatment with immunosuppressants and intravenous immunoglobulin. Conclusion: Tender cervical lymphadenopathy could be the herald of multi-system inflammatory syndrome following COVID-19 infection among children and adolescents, which the clinicians must have a good suspicion about. |
Description: | indexed in MEDLINE. |
URI: | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/25698 |
ISSN: | 1471-2334 |
Appears in Collections: | Journal/Magazine Articles |
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