Table 2 The frequency of clinical manifestations and complications in Iranian patients with KD and their comparison with some data available in the literature
Manifestation/Complication type | Freq. (%) | Data obtained from the literature b | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jindal et al. [17] India | Platt et al. [28] USA | Guleria et al. [29] India | Özdemir et al. [30] Turkey | Shamsizadeh et al. [24] Southwest of Iran | ||
Fever | 92.6 | 100 | – | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Oral mucus membrane changes (Total) | 75.8 | 78.3 | 82.3 | 80.0 | 87.5 | 86.5 |
Injected or fissured lips | 32.6 | – | – | – | – | – |
Injected pharynx | 20.5 | – | – | – | – | – |
Strawberry tongue | 5.8 | – | – | – | – | – |
More than one type | 16.9 | – | – | – | – | – |
Bilateral bulbar conjunctival injection | 73.7 | 63.0 | 85.8 | 57.1 | 87.5 | 89.4 |
Polymorphus skin rash | 73.2 | 73.9 | 91.5 | 65.7 | 66.7 | 76.0 |
Peripheral extremity changes (Total) | 63.7 | – | – | – | 50.0 | 66.3 |
Palms and soles erythema | 41.6 | – | – | – | – | – |
Hands and feet edema | 14.2 | 23.9 | 63.1 | 67.8 | – | – |
Periungual desquamation | 1.1 | 97.8 | – | 91.4 | 20.8 | – |
More than one type | 6.7 |  | – | – | – | – |
Cervical lymphadenopathy | 60.0 | 60.9 | 39.6 | 60.0 | 70.8 | 42.3 |
Gastrointestinal complications (Total) | 47.9 | – | – | – | – | 40.4 |
Diarrhea, nausea and vomiting | 38.4 | – | – | – | – | – |
Blood in stool | 8.0 | – | – | – | – | – |
Gastrointestinal bleeding requiring intervention | 1.0 | – | – | – | – | – |
Gall bladder hydrops | 0.5 | – | – | – | 12.5 | – |
Cardiac complications (Total) | 27.9 | – | – | – | – | – |
Coronary artery aneurysm | 26.3 |  | – | – | – | – |
Kawasaki myocarditis | 1.6 | 6.5 | – | – | – | – |
Valvular involvement | 0.0 | – | – | – | – | – |
Joint involvement (Total) | 6.8 | – | – | – | – | – |
Arthralgia | 4.8 | – | – | – | – | 14.4 |
Arthritis | 2.0 | 19.6 | – | 80.0a | – | – |
Hepatic complication | 4.2 | – | – | – | 33.3 | 6.7 |