A 14-Year-Old Male Patient with Kawasaki Disease Presented with Stroke after COVID-19

Nexhmedin Shala; Fisnik Jashari; Dren Boshnjaku; Argjend Shala; Pranvera Ibrahimi; Vera Kukaj; Shemsedin Dreshaj

doi:10.1155/2021/5576440

A 14-Year-Old Male Patient with Kawasaki Disease Presented with Stroke after COVID-19

Case Rep Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 12:2021:5576440. doi: 10.1155/2021/5576440. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Nexhmedin Shala^{1

2}, Fisnik Jashari^{1

2}, Dren Boshnjaku^{1

2}, Argjend Shala^{1

2}, Pranvera Ibrahimi^{3

4}, Vera Kukaj^{1

2}, Shemsedin Dreshaj^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Clinic of Neurology, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Pristina 10000, Kosovo.
² Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina "Hasan Prishtina", Pristina 10000, Kosovo.
³ Clinic of Cardiology, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Pristina 10000, Kosovo.
⁴ UBT College, Institute of Medical Sciences and Innovation, Pristina 10000, Kosovo.
⁵ Clinic of Infectious Disease, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Pristina 10000, Kosovo.
⁶ Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina "Hasan Prishtina", Pristina 10000, Kosovo.

Abstract

According to several studies, children represent only about 2% of the patients affected by the current SARS-CoV-2, and most often, they are asymptomatic. However, there is a concern about a vascular inflammatory disease which is similar to Kawasaki disease observed in children and adolescents weeks after infection. We report a case of Kawasaki disease presented with ischemic stroke in a 14-year-old male patient following SARS-Cov-2 infection.

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Case Reports