COVID-19 Infection Presenting With Cheilitis and Fever in a Toddler.
cheilitis
covid 19
high fever
multi-system inflammatory disease in children (mis-c)
pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome
sars cov-2
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 Jan 2021
03 Jan 2021
Historique:
entrez:
7
1
2021
pubmed:
8
1
2021
medline:
8
1
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a newly found infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first observed in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. An otherwise healthy 13-month-old male presented with persistent fever and cheilitis as his initial findings of COVID-19 in April 2020 prior to the discovery and classification of the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). Clinical symptoms of COVID-19 are still evolving in the pediatric population, ranging from being asymptomatic to varied symptoms, such as fever, abdominal pain, and myocarditis. Other manifestations such as conjunctivitis and cheilitis can offer clues. We speculate that cheilitis can be a sign of the hyperinflammatory state, as seen in MIS-C.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33409114
doi: 10.7759/cureus.12444
pmc: PMC7780584
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e12444Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021, Christian et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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