Guttate psoriasis following Kawasaki disease

Pediatr Dermatol. 2001 Nov-Dec;18(6):507-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2001.1862002.x.

Abstract

Guttate psoriasis developed in a 3.5-year-old boy during the course of Kawasaki disease (KD). The pathogenesis of this unusual complication may be production of superantigens, which is also considered to be a cause of KD.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / complications*
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Psoriasis / complications*
  • Psoriasis / diagnosis