Retropharyngeal Edema and Neck Pain in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-c)

Elan Jenkins; Whitney Sherry; Alison G C Smith; Bradley S Rostad; Christina A Rostad; Kaitlin Jones; Preeti Jaggi

doi:10.1093/jpids/piab050

Retropharyngeal Edema and Neck Pain in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-c)

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 Oct 27;10(9):922-925. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piab050.

Authors

Elan Jenkins^{1

2}, Whitney Sherry^{1

2}, Alison G C Smith³, Bradley S Rostad⁴, Christina A Rostad^{1

5}, Kaitlin Jones⁶, Preeti Jaggi^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁵ Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccinations, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁶ Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Abstract

We defined the prevalence of neck pain, trismus, or dysphagia (28.4%) and retropharyngeal edema (2.9%) among 137 patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-c). Retropharyngeal edema or phlegmon has been documented radiologically in at least 9 children. Symptoms of neck inflammation are common in MIS-c.

Keywords: COVID; MIS-c; neck pain; pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19; retropharyngeal edema.

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MeSH terms

Child
Edema / epidemiology
Edema / etiology
Humans
Neck Pain* / epidemiology
Neck Pain* / etiology
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome* / complications
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome* / epidemiology

Abstract

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