The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2018 , Vol 60 , Num 4
A rare cause of facial nerve palsy in a young infant: Kawasaki disease
Ali Orgun 1 ,Cüneyt Karagöl 2 ,Utku Pamuk 1 ,Hazım Alper Gürsu 1 ,İlker Çetin 1
1 Departments of Pediatric Cardiology, Ankara Children’s Hematology, Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
2 Departments of Pediatrics, Ankara Children’s Hematology, Oncology Training and Research, Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
DOI : 10.24953/turkjped.2018.04.013 Orgun A, Karagöl C, Pamuk U, Gürsu HA, Çetin İ. A rare cause of facial nerve palsy in a young infant: Kawasaki disease. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 433-435.

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a vasculitis in which the most common complication is development of coronary aneurysms. Neurological complications rarely occur in KD patients such as facial nerve palsy (FNP). FNP associated with KD may indicate increased risk of coronary artery aneurysm. Infants with facial nerve paralysis and unexplained-prolonged febrile period should be evaluated with echocardiography. Here in, we present a 4-month-old female with FNP and unexplained fever who was diagnosed KD due to echocardiographic findings. Keywords : coronary aneurysm, echocardiography, facial palsy

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