All issues > Volume 38(12); 1995

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1995;38(12):1686-1690. Published online December 15, 1995.

3 Cases of Kawasaki Disease Associated Thrombocytopenia

Hye Soon HS Kim¹, Young Mi YM Hong¹, Seung Joo SJ Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Ewha Woman`s University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Kawasaki disease may be associatde with a variety of hematologic abnormalities, the most characteristic being thrombocytosis. Thrombocytopenia, in contrast, appears to occur rarely in children with this disease. Hera et al observed the 2% manifested thrombocytopenia early in their illness. To our knowledge, early thrombocytopenia has not been reported in other populations, We report the case of a children with Kawasaki disease who manifested thrombocytopenia during the first week of their illness.

Keywords :Kawasaki disease, Thrombocytopenia