Kawasaki Disease Complicated with Hemophagocytic Syndrome: A Review
Alhaji Adam Abubakari
Department of Pediatrics, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Henan, China.
Fuyong Jiao *
Children's Hospital of Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Kawasaki Disease with Hemophagocytic syndrome (KD-HPS) is a rare disease that threatens the health of children around the world. Though it has low incidence rate, it progresses rapidly with atypical clinical symptoms which leads to misdiagnosis, posing serious threat to children's life with high mortality. This article presents the review on Kawasaki Disease (KD) with hemophagocytic syndrome pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment.
Keywords: Kawasaki disease, hemophagocytic syndrome, lymphohistocytosis