Unusual Presentation of Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome
COVID-19 pneumonia in children presents with very mild symptoms through an entity of multisystem inflammatory syndrome and can result in a life-threatening hyperinflammatory condition, with involvement of at least four organ systems and a marked inflammatory state. We present an 18-year-old high sch...
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| author | Farah Alnoor Ebrahim George Moturi Newnex Mongare Reena Shah |
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| description | COVID-19 pneumonia in children presents with very mild symptoms through an entity of multisystem inflammatory syndrome and can result in a life-threatening hyperinflammatory condition, with involvement of at least four organ systems and a marked inflammatory state. We present an 18-year-old high school student who presented with a sore throat, macular rash, abdominal pain, diarrhea, fevers, and joint pains. He presented with acute kidney injury and confusion with multiple tests and was eventually diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-46c77b6b3acf4b67aae5f45c5ff5913c2025-02-03T01:22:51ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96352022-01-01202210.1155/2022/8442855Unusual Presentation of Multisystemic Inflammatory SyndromeFarah Alnoor Ebrahim0George Moturi1Newnex Mongare2Reena Shah3Department of MedicineDepartment of MedicineDepartment of MedicineDepartment of Infectious DiseasesCOVID-19 pneumonia in children presents with very mild symptoms through an entity of multisystem inflammatory syndrome and can result in a life-threatening hyperinflammatory condition, with involvement of at least four organ systems and a marked inflammatory state. We present an 18-year-old high school student who presented with a sore throat, macular rash, abdominal pain, diarrhea, fevers, and joint pains. He presented with acute kidney injury and confusion with multiple tests and was eventually diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8442855 |
| spellingShingle | Farah Alnoor Ebrahim George Moturi Newnex Mongare Reena Shah Unusual Presentation of Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Unusual Presentation of Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome |
| title_full | Unusual Presentation of Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome |
| title_fullStr | Unusual Presentation of Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unusual Presentation of Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome |
| title_short | Unusual Presentation of Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome |
| title_sort | unusual presentation of multisystemic inflammatory syndrome |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8442855 |
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