Kawasaki disease represents group of symptoms reported by KAWASAKI in 1967 for the first time in the world as Muco-Cutaneous Lymph node Syndrome (MCLS). The syndrome is developed in pediatric patients with acute feverish symptoms, affecting the muco-cutaneous lymph nodes, and it has most frequently been reported in Japan, more than 10, 000 cases to date. Hardly any studies, however, have been conducted on it from the otorhinolaryngological viewpoints. Our present report dealed with the findings of the tympanic membrane in the patients with Kawasaki disease.
The results were as follows:
1) Abnormalities were noted in the tympanic membrane of 23 out of 40 ears of 20 patients affected by Kawasaki disease on the first visit at our clinic.
2) The abnormal findings of the tympanic membrane were characterized by dilation and hyperemia of fine capillaries in the tympanic membrane, especially in the region of A. manubrialis externa, as well as in the transitional region between the ear drum and skin of the external auditory meatus.
3) Three cases showed the normal ear drum in one side and abnormal in the other.
4) No correlation was found between the stage of illness of Kawasaki disease and the findings of the tympanic membrane.
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