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. 2019 Nov 25;13:344. doi: 10.1186/s13256-019-2284-4

Table 2.

Demographic parameters and clinical presentations of patients who had pulmonary involvement associated with Kawasaki disease

Authors, year, reference number Patients (n) Sex Age at onset of disease (months) Initial symptoms Fever duration (days) Chest X-ray findings
Singh et al., 2018, [6] 11

F, 6 a;

M, 5 a

30 b Fever, cough, tachypnea 14.1 b

Consolidation,11 a; pleural effusion,6 a;

empyema, 3 a; pneumothorax, 2 a

Alhammadi and Hendaus, 2013, [12] 1 F 36 Fever, cough, sore throat 18 Consolidation, pleural effusion
Lee et al., 2011, [11] 54 NA NA NA NA

Reticulonodular,17 a; opacification, 34 a; consolidation, 12 a; pleural effusion, 5 a

diffuse interstitial, 5 a; atelectasis, 2 a;

Lee et al., 2010, [14] 1 M 22 Fever, cough, rhinorrhea 6 Infiltration, pleural effusion
Falcini et al., 2009, [15] 1 F 30 Fever, cough, 12 Pleural effusion
Elizabeth et al., 2007, [16] 1 F 36 Fever, gum bleeding 21 Pleural effusion
Yavuz et al., 2007, [17] 1 M 11 Fever, pharyngeal erythema, dyspnea > 5 Pleural effusion
Sittiwangkul and Pongprot, 2004, [13] 1 F 11 Fever, jaundice, diarrhea, dyspnea 15 Pleural effusion
de Magalhães et al., 2012, [21] 1 F 3 Fever 10 Infiltration
Hamada et al., 2005, [18] 1 F 60 Fever, abdominal pain, knee joint pain 15 Pleural effusion
D'Souza et al., 2006, [20] 1 M 5 Fever, diarrhea, dyspnea 7 Pleural effusion
 Case 1 1 M 8 Fever, sore throat 8 Consolidation
 Case 2 1 F 11 Febrile seizure, sore throat, cough 14 Consolidation
 Case 3 1 F 23 Fever, cough 10 Consolidation
Freeman et al., 2003, [23]
 Case 1 1 M 4 Fever, cough, rash 21 NA
 Case 2 1 M 6 Fever 60

Normal;

thorax CT, pulmonary nodule

 Case 3 1 NA 5 Fever cough, rash 4 Infiltration, multiple pulmonary nodules
Kobayashi et al., 2006, [24]
 Case 1 1 F 24 Fever, cracked lips, rash 5 Infiltration, pleural effusion
 Case 2 1 F 24 Fever, cough, nasal discharge 4 Atelectasis
Vaidya et al., 2017, [8] 1 F 3 Fever, rash, dyspnea 32 Hydropneumothorax, consolidation, pneumatoceles
Akagi et al., 2017, [19]
 Case 1 1 F 4 Fever, erythema of the lips, rash NA

NA;

thorax MRI, bilateral multiple

pulmonary nodules

 Case 2 1 F 5 Fever, erythema of the lips, rash 9

Infiltration;

thorax CT, bilateral pulmonary nodules

aNumber of the patients who had noted findings

bValues are expressed as mean for 11 patients

CT computed tomography, F female, M male, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, NA not available