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Small bowel pseudo-obstruction in Kawasaki disease

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Between June 1977 and May 1986, 310 patients with Kawasaki disease were admitted to Shizuoka Children's Hospital. Among these patients, seven showed the symptoms of intestinal paralysis during the acute stage. We present three of these cases who showed typical intestinal pseudoobstruction radiologically, and discuss the treatment of this type of intestinal involvement.

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  1. Pediatric Cardiology, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan

    H. Nakano

  2. Pediatric Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan

    S. Kohno

  3. Department of Radiology, Hamamatsu, University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan

    S. Ohba

  4. Division of Allergy Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Urushiyama 860, 420, Shizuoka-shi, Japan

    T. Miyake, J. Kawamori & T. Yoshida

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Miyake, T., Kawamori, J., Yoshida, T. et al. Small bowel pseudo-obstruction in Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Radiol 17, 383–386 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02396613

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