Onset of Kawasaki disease immediately after birth

Abstract

Abstract Kawasaki disease (KD) is one of the most common causes of childhood systemic vasculitis, with the potential to cause significant cardiovascular complications, especially if undiagnosed. An investigation of coronary artery abnormalities with the application of appropriate therapeutic measures can improve the prognosis in these infants, decreasing the risk of coronary artery aneurysms. Neonatal KD is a rare event, often characterized only by few of the clinical features observed in older children. In this case report, we describe a newborn male who presented an incomplete clinical presentation of KD, where symptoms of the disease erupted immediately after birth. The objective of this report is to draw the attention of pediatricians and neonatologists to the possible presence of KD in an asymptomatic newborn during the immediate postnatal period, even in the absence of the classic features of KD, such as fever.