Haruhiko Nakamura, Atsuo Kikuchi, Hideyuki Sakai, Miki Kamimura, Yohei Watanabe, Ryoichi Onuma, Jun Takayama, Gen Tamiya, Yoichi Mashimo, Ryota Ebata, Hiromichi Hamada, Tomohiro Suenaga, Yoshihiro Onouchi, Satoru Kumaki
BACKGROUND: Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA syndrome), and Kawasaki disease (KD) are both considered to be disorders of the innate immune system, and the potential role of inflammasome activation in the immunopathogenesis of both diseases has been previously described. CASE PRESENTATION: Herein, we report the clinical courses of three patients who presented a rare combination of PFAPA syndrome and KD. Two patients who presented KD later developed the PFAPA syndrome, of whom one developed recurrent KD 2 years after the initial diagnosis...
2024: Frontiers in Pediatrics