Case Reports in Pediatrics (Jan 2020)

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in a 15-Year-Old Male with a Retropharyngeal Phlegmon

  • Paul Han,
  • Jelena Douillard,
  • Jerry Cheng,
  • Anusha Ramanathan,
  • David Tieu,
  • Timothy Degner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/6668371
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2020

Abstract

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This is a case of a 15-year-old male with an initial diagnosis of a retropharyngeal phlegmon who ultimately developed new symptoms and laboratory findings consistent with MIS-C. This case report demonstrates an atypical initial presentation for MIS-C that has not been reported in the literature.