TY - JOUR
T1 - Cervical ultrasound and computed tomography of Kawasaki disease
T2 - Comparison with lymphadenitis
AU - Nozaki, Taiki
AU - Morita, Yuka
AU - Hasegawa, Daisuke
AU - Makidono, Akari
AU - Yoshimoto, Yuri
AU - Starkey, Jay
AU - Kusakawa, Isao
AU - Manabe, Atsushi
AU - Saida, Yukihisa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Japan Pediatric Society
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - Background: Differentiating Kawasaki disease (KD) from cervical lymphadenitis (CL) is clinically difficult but essential given that treatment and outcome differ significantly. Research on differentiation between KD and CL using ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT) is limited. The purpose of this study was to identify cervical US and CT findings that may differentiate KD from CL. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed cervical US of 25 KD patients and 25 CL patients, and CT of 14 KD patients, and 14 CL patients. Two radiologists analyzed specific imaging features on US (lymph node size, shape, echogenicity, margins, laterality, necrosis, and presence of normal hilum) and on CT (size and location of enlarged nodes, laterality, perinodal infiltration, and retropharyngeal edema). Results: On US, patients with KD more frequently had lymph nodes with a “cluster of grapes” appearance (KD vs CL: 64% vs 32%, P < 0.05) and less frequently had poorly circumscribed margins (0% vs 36%, P < 0.01), necrosis (0% vs 32%, P < 0.01), or non-visualization of the hilum (4% vs 36%, P < 0.01). On CT, KD patients more frequently had retropharyngeal edema (100% vs 29%, P < 0.001) and less frequently had level 4 lymphadenopathy (14% vs 79%, P < 0.01) than CL patients. Conclusions: Ultrasound is mainly useful for excluding purulent lymphadenopathy while CT is a useful diagnostic tool for differentiating KD from CL, especially in patients with incomplete KD, who present with prominent cervical lymphadenopathy and other equivocal principal findings.
AB - Background: Differentiating Kawasaki disease (KD) from cervical lymphadenitis (CL) is clinically difficult but essential given that treatment and outcome differ significantly. Research on differentiation between KD and CL using ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT) is limited. The purpose of this study was to identify cervical US and CT findings that may differentiate KD from CL. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed cervical US of 25 KD patients and 25 CL patients, and CT of 14 KD patients, and 14 CL patients. Two radiologists analyzed specific imaging features on US (lymph node size, shape, echogenicity, margins, laterality, necrosis, and presence of normal hilum) and on CT (size and location of enlarged nodes, laterality, perinodal infiltration, and retropharyngeal edema). Results: On US, patients with KD more frequently had lymph nodes with a “cluster of grapes” appearance (KD vs CL: 64% vs 32%, P < 0.05) and less frequently had poorly circumscribed margins (0% vs 36%, P < 0.01), necrosis (0% vs 32%, P < 0.01), or non-visualization of the hilum (4% vs 36%, P < 0.01). On CT, KD patients more frequently had retropharyngeal edema (100% vs 29%, P < 0.001) and less frequently had level 4 lymphadenopathy (14% vs 79%, P < 0.01) than CL patients. Conclusions: Ultrasound is mainly useful for excluding purulent lymphadenopathy while CT is a useful diagnostic tool for differentiating KD from CL, especially in patients with incomplete KD, who present with prominent cervical lymphadenopathy and other equivocal principal findings.
KW - Kawasaki disease
KW - cervical lymphadenitis
KW - computed tomography
KW - ultrasound
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U2 - 10.1111/ped.13017
DO - 10.1111/ped.13017
M3 - Article
C2 - 27097838
AN - SCOPUS:84989241196
SN - 1328-8067
VL - 58
SP - 1146
EP - 1152
JO - Pediatrics International
JF - Pediatrics International
IS - 11
ER -