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Unusual association of diseases/symptoms
CASE REPORT
Ptosis as a complication of Kawasaki disease
  1. Ammar Hameed1,
  2. Hassan Alshara2,
  3. Thomas Schleussinger3
  1. 1University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
  2. 2Ministry of Health, Baghdad, Iraq
  3. 3Dermatology, Schongau Hautpraxis, Munich, Germany
  1. Correspondence to Dr. Ammar Hameed, amarfaisal1976{at}yahoo.com

Summary

Kawasaki disease is an acute febrile exanthematous disease that affects children younger than 5 years of age. It is regarded as the most common cause of childhood acquired heart disease, but ocular and neurological problems are among the other important clinical findings. We present a 3-year-old boy who developed bilateral ptosis on day 21, 5 days after intravenous immunoglobulin. The ptosis was due to bilateral paralysis of the levator palpebrae superioris muscles and resolved spontaneously on day 25. There were no cardiac sequelae.

  • Dermatology
  • Eye

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-219687

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors Ammar Hameed and Hassan Alshara were involved in data acquisition and drafting of the manuscript. Ammar Hameed and Thomas Schleussinger participated in the conception, draft and revision of the manuscript.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Guardian consent obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.