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In a prospective study of the ocular manifestations of Kawasaki's disease (mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) in 18 children (11 boys and seven girls, ranging in age from 5 months to 9 years), we found bilateral injection of the bulbar conjunctiva in 16, bilateral iridocyclitis in 14, superficial punctate keratitis in four, vitreous opacities in two, papilledema in two, and subconjunctival hemorrhage in one. Conjunctival injection and iridocyclitis were always bilateral, and fellow eyes always had the same degree of inflammation. There were significant correlations between ocular inflammation and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (P less than .0001) and C-reactive protein level (P less than .0009). No serious ocular complications occurred.
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PMID:Ocular manifestations of Kawasaki's disease (mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome). 720 Dec 45

We evaluated clinical presentations and complications retrospectively in 48 pediatric patients hospitalized for suspected measles during a measles epidemic in Chicago. Fifty-one percent were < 15 months of age and 75% were < 4 years of age. Measles, diagnosed in 44 patients, was culture-proved in 18. Presentations were not always classic. Respiratory complications, otitis media, hepatitis, preterm labor, keratitis and central nervous system involvement were reported. The presence of stomatitis and hypotension in some patients raised the differential diagnoses of Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome. Six patients with stomatitis, admitted with a measles-like illness, fulfilled the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for Kawasaki disease. Three were diagnosed with Kawasaki disease and 3 with measles. In addition to serology and echocardiographic changes, the platelet count and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate may be useful in distinguishing between measles and Kawasaki disease. Two of 10 patients with hypotension met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for toxic shock syndrome. The diagnosis of measles, solely on clinical grounds, may therefore not be as straightforward as is generally accepted.
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PMID:Clinical presentations and complications of suspected measles in hospitalized children. 828 20

Kawasaki's disease is a mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome associated with an acute febrile illness affecting children. Ocular signs are a principal presenting feature with hyperhemic indurated limbal sparing inflammation (88 to 96%), and some mild anterior uveitis. We report a case of disciform keratitis affecting a 10 year old child. Ocular features of Kawasaki's Disease resolved completely within a few weeks.
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PMID:[Disciform keratitis and Kawasaki's disease]. 849 53