%0 Journal Article
%T Kawasaki disease with peripheral gangrene and autoamputation ¨C an extremely rare complication: a case report
%A Chaitanya Varma
%A Shrikiran Aroor
%A Suneel C Mundkur
%A Karthick Annamalai
%J Our Dermatology Online
%D 2012
%I Our Dermatology Online
%X Kawasaki disease (KD) is a form of acute vasculitis involving small and medium sized arteries. Ischemic necrosis of the extremities is a very rare and potentially severe complication of KD. Here we present a case of KD with peripheral gangrene and auto amputation, which is the first such case to be reported from India and the fourteenth case in medical literature. A one year old child with KD and peripheral gangrene was started on aspirin. The digital gangrene resolved on follow up with amputation of the tip of the right index finger.
%K amputation
%K digital gangrene
%K Kawasaki disease
%K vasculitis
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