Lymph-node-first presentation of Kawasaki disease in a 12-year-old girl with cervical lymphadenitis caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae:A case report

lNTRODUCTlON

Κawasaki disease (ΚD) is a self-limiting systemic inflammatory condition that occurs predominantly in infants and young children aged ≤ 5 years[1]. The etiologic agents causing ΚD are yet to be identified. Various bacterial and viral agents have been suggested to be associated with ΚD, but none is responsible for it. Therefore, the diagnosis is based on characteristic clinical manifestations[1,2]. Cases involving fewer than four clinical features are referred to as atypical ΚD, which makes the diagnosis difficult, and the incidence of such cases is increasing[3,4]. Cases of cervical lymphadenopathy with fever are also common, accounting for 9%-23% of all cases[5,6]. Patients with cervical lymphadenopathy as the first symptom are consider to have a node-first presentation of ΚD (NFΚD)[7-9].

Pediatric patients with NFΚD are often incorrectly diagnosed with bacterial cervical lymphadenitis (BCL) early after onset, which delays the diagnosis of ΚD and, consequently, delays proper treatment[5,9]. There are many known causes of BCL, and() is one of the causative pathogens.is commonly known to be a major causative agent of primary atypical pneumonia, with symptoms that are similar to those of ΚD, which causes difficulty in differential diagnosis in the beginning[10].

We report a case of NFΚD of the lymph node in a 12-year-old girl who was undergoing treatment for cervical lymphadenitis caused by. The age of 12 years is not the prevalent age for ΚD, and ΚD occurring in 12-year-old children is very rare, even in Asia where the incidence rate is high. In addition, the patient did not present with typical symptoms of ΚD.

CASE PRESENTATlON

Chief complaints

A previously healthy 12-year-old girl presented to our hospital with fever, myalgia, sore throat, swelling, and tenderness on the right side of the neck on August 27, 2018.

History of present illness

She had fever, sore throat, and severe swelling of the left cervical lymph node (LN) for 4 d before hospital presentation. Furthermore, she had severe pain and tenderness in the swollen neck, which also limited the neck movement. As the fever worsened, she underwent treatment with antibiotics (amoxicillin) and antipyretics (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen) at a local clinic. However, the symptoms did not improve; thus, she was referred to a general hospital. She was hospitalized on fever day 4.

History of past illness

ECG performed at 1 mo after discharge showed improvement, with an RCA diameter of 3.40 mm (Z score= 1.68) and an LCA diameter of 0.26 mm (Z score:-1.17) by the Boston method; ECG performed 3 mo later showed further improvement, with an RCA diameter of 2.32 mm (Z score:-0.72 mm), an LCA diameter of 2.90 mm (Z score:-0.64), and a normal QT interval (0.36 s). Two months later, the ESR improved to 20 mm/h (Figure 5). At the 2-year follow-up evaluation, she remained healthy without any sequelae, including a normal QT interval (Figure 2B), and all blood test results showed normal findings.

Personal and family history

Family and genetic history of the patient was unremarkable.

Physical examination

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Laboratory examinations

Serum laboratory results showed elevated white blood cell count (WBC), C-reactive protein (CRP) level, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and liver enzyme level, which were as follows:WBC count, 14.7 × 10/mm; hemoglobin, 11.5 g/dL; platelet count, 242 × 10/mm; ESR, 120 mm/h; CRP, 6.44 mg/dL; alanine aminotransferase (ALT), 459 U/L; aspartate aminotransferase (AST), 650 U/L; and total bilirubin, 0.9 mg/dL. Prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time were within normal ranges. Urinary analysis results were normal. There was no pyuria. She tested negative for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), hepatitis virus, and respiratory virus. However, she tested positive for MP immunoglobulin M (IgM), with an index of 13. The results of MP are expressed as an index (ratio between the optical density of the test sample and that of the cut-off value) that could be used as a quantitative measure, as it is proportional to the amount of specific IgM present. The test serum is considered positive when the ratio is ＞ 10[10].

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Imaging examinations

Clinicians should always consider the possibility of NFΚD when making a differential diagnosis in pediatric patients with LN swelling and fever that persist for ＞ 5 d and who do not respond to general antibiotics, even when the patient is older than the age group commonly affected by ΚD. Prompt diagnosis and timely initiation of IVIG are crucial for ΚD, because if diagnosed later, patients may have serious heart complications. Moreover, BNP levels should be measured early for this purpose.

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Initial diagnosis

The patient was diagnosed with lymphadenitis caused by MP (Mycoplasma IgM ratio:13).

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Initial treatment

She was treated with intravenous (IV) antibiotics [third-generation cephalosporin (cefotaxime 150 mg/kg/d) + macrolide (clarithromycin 15 mg/kg/d) + clindamycin (full gram 25 mg/kg/d)] and silymarin (legalon 70 mg/d) on the first day of hospitalization.

Clinical course

On hospital day 3, the test results showed mild improvement, with CRP level of 5.71 mg/dL and AST and ALT levels of 85 U/L and 198 U/L, respectively. However, the fever, cervical edema, severe pain, and tenderness persisted without improvement. On hospital day 4, the fever persisted (day 8 of fever) and the patient had very slight conjunctival hyperemia in the morning. The patient did not respond to macrolide (clarithromycin) administered for 72 h. Therefore, we suspected a refractory MP infection. We also measured the brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level to diagnose atypical ΚD because of the slight conjunctival hyperemia. The BNP level was 427.2 ng/mL (normal:＜ 100 ng/mL). Additional cardiac work-up included an echocardiography (ECG), which showed a slight QT interval prolongation (corrected QT interval:489 ms) (Figure 2A) and a dilated right coronary artery (RCA diameter; 4.73 mm, Z score:4.62, by Boston method) and left coronary artery [LCA diameter; 2.35 mm, Z score:-1.73, (Boston method); Figure 3]. Cardiac CT, performed to accurately evaluate the degree of coronary artery dilatation, revealed a multifocal ectatic change of the entire RCA (Figure 4).

FlNAL DlAGNOSlS

Finally, the patient was diagnosed with NFΚD. The patient’s fever subsided on the second day of treatment, and her general condition, symptoms, and laboratory findings gradually improved.

TREATMENT

A new treatment was initiated. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG; 2 g/kg/d) and oral high-dose aspirin (50 mg/kg/d) were administered 5 d post-admission and 10 d after the onset of fever. Lymphedema, pain, and tenderness improved 3 d after IVIG treatment. On hospital day 8, the patient recovered and was discharged from the hospital. After discharge, the patient was placed on maintenance therapy with low-dose aspirin (5 mg/kg/d).

OUTCOME AND FOLLOW-UP

The patient’s medical history was unremarkable. Her physical and neurological developments were normal.

DlSCUSSlON

We present the case of a 12-year-old female adolescent who was diagnosed with ΚD while undergoing treatment for fever and LN swelling.

Given that the patient was 12 years old, an age that is beyond the common age of onset of ΚD, and was confirmed to have MP infection, we had initially excluded the possibility of LN swelling caused by ΚD and we treated the patient only for MP-induced cervical lymphadenitis. Eventually, the fever persisted, and after measuring the BNP level on day 9 of fever, we diagnosed the patient with NFΚD and began treatment accordingly.

MP is known to produce superantigens, and various studies have reported MP as a ΚD-causing agent[11-15]. A case of cutaneous vasculitis induced by MP, through immune-complex-mediated mechanisms, has been reported[15]. In Perez[16]’s study, 12 of 54 (22.2%) patients with concurrent ΚD and pneumonia had anti-MP antibody titers ≥ 1:640. MP infection is highly correlated with ΚD induction. Therefore, it is essential to consider ΚD as an accompanying disease or a differential diagnosis in cases of MP infection[17,18].

Some studies have shown that the time of receiving the initial IVIG treatment was significantly later in incomplete ΚD cases than in complete ΚD cases (median:7 d from the onset of fever in incomplete ΚD5 d from the onset of fever in complete ΚD)[19]. Compared to these cases, the patient in the present case had a delayed diagnosis. The patient also had cardiovascular complications, such as QT prolongation and coronary artery dilatation, at the time of diagnosis.

Due to the growing number of reports of atypical ΚD that do not satisfy the conventional diagnostic criteria, clinicians have strived to diagnose atypical ΚD in a timely manner[20]. Atypical ΚD frequently affects infants aged ＜ 1 year[20]. According to some reports, the incidence of major clinical symptoms of ΚD, with the exception of oral mucosal changes, was significantly lower in atypical ΚD than in typical ΚD, with the former having the lowest incidence of cervical lymphadenopathy and atypical rash[21-23].

Atypical ΚD, which has attracted much interest in recent years, occurs in young patients and more often shows oral erythema, compared to LN swelling. Therefore, it is difficult to suspect ΚD in NFΚD cases occurring in older adolescent patients with a confirmed case of infection and only LN swelling presentation, such as in our case[21,22].

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One previous study reported that patients with NΚFD frequently develop cardiovascular complications and have delayed IVIG treatment and that NFΚD itself may be a risk factor for cardiovascular complications[5-7,23,24]. The reason for this is that delayed diagnosis and treatment, as shown in our case, lead to fever persisting for a prolonged period and may cause coronary artery complications[24].

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The main goal of the diagnosis and treatment of ΚD is to prevent coronary artery complications that can cause myocardial infarction or sudden death. Given that using IVIG early after onset can reduce the incidence of such serious complications, early diagnosis and treatment are crucial for NFΚD[24,25]. Yanagi[8] reported that the levels of leukocytes, absolute neutrophils, CRP, and AST were higher in the NFΚD group than in the BCL group. However, in Κanegaye[6]’s study, the ESR and the levels of CRP, blood pigment, platelets, ALT, and gamma-glutamyl transferase also showed significant differences between the two groups. Several studies have suggested that early BNP testing is useful for the early differentiation of NFΚD from BCL[25,26]. Based on these findings, it will be helpful to measure BNP levels in the early stages of cervical lymphadenitis in patients with persistent fever that does not respond to antibiotic treatment. Moreover, measuring BNP levels at an early stage in patients with fever and LN swelling and in cases in which cardiac evaluation is difficult would be conducive for an early diagnosis of NFΚD.

We report this case to show that the occurrence of NFΚD is possible even in adolescents aged ≥ 10 years who are being treated for a confirmed infection due to a different bacterial pathogen, such as MP, with fever only, which persists for ＞ 5 d, and LN swelling.

CONCLUSlON

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Neck computed tomography (CT) revealed a 2.5 cm × 2.0 cm × 3.2 cm acute infectious lymphadenitis with perilesional infiltration and necrosis (Figure 1).

The patient’s height and weight were 152.7 cm and 41.5 kg, respectively. Her vital signs at admission were as follows:body temperature, 39 °C; blood pressure, 100/60 mmHg; heart rate, 96 beats/min; respiratory rate, 22 breaths/min; and oxygen saturation, 99% at room air. She was alert, but looked ill and dehydrated. At the time of admission, she had severe left neck swelling and pain, which hindered her from moving her neck to the left. Other than the red tonsils, she had no other notable symptoms, such as red lips, strawberry tongue, conjunctival infection, rash, and edema of the hands and feet.

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The authors declare no conflict of interests for this article.

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