All issues > Volume 36(6); 1993

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1993;36(6):805-809. Published online June 15, 1993.

Clinical Observation of Aseptic Meningitis Associated with Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome

Jae Hee JH Han¹, Seon Jin SJ Ji¹, Mee Kyung MK Namgoong¹, Hae Yong HY Lee¹, Jae Seung JS Yang¹, Baek Keun BK Lim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea

Abstract

Clinical observation was carried out for 147 patients with mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome(MCLS) who were admitted to the Department of Pediatrics, Wonju Cristian Hospital during the period from June, 1983 to June, 1992. A spinal tap was performed on 114 of these patients and the following results were obtained. 1) The incidence of aspetic meningitis in patients with MCLS was 52.6%.(60 cases of the 114 cases who had spinal taps(52.6%).) 2) The perdominent age group for aseptic meningitis was 6 months to 1 year of age(35%) 3) For the majortiy, the value of glucose and protein in the CSF were within normal limit or only mildly elevated. 4) The neurologic manifestations associated with asptic meningitis in patients with MCLS were irritability(78.3%), vomiting(25.0%), nuchal rigidity(11.7%), convulsion(5.0%) and facial nerve palsy(1.7%) in that order.

Keywords :MCLS, Aseptic meningitis