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. 2021 May:144:110667.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2021.110667. Epub 2021 Mar 4.

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and retropharyngeal edema: A case series

Ariel Daube  1 , Scott Rickert  2 , Rebecca Pellett Madan  3 , Philip Kahn  4 , Joanne Rispoli  5 , Heda Dapul  6
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Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and retropharyngeal edema: A case series

Ariel Daube et al. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 May.

Abstract

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is thought to follow SARS-CoV-2 infection and presents with fever and multisystem dysfunction. We report three children with suspected MIS-C found to have retropharyngeal edema without evidence of a bacterial etiology. We raise the possibility that an association between MIS-C and retropharyngeal edema exists.

Keywords: COVID-19; MIS-C; Retropharyngeal edema; SARS-CoV-2.

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Fig. 1
Contrast-enhanced axial and saggital CT neck images depicting the retropharyngeal edema (white arrow) for the patients in A. Case 1, B. Case 2, and C. Case 3.
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