@article{ajmcr20221034,
author={{Kumar, Sabina and Chukwuemeka, Umeh and Carvalho, John and Tuscher, Laura and Ranchithan, Sobiga and Gupta, Rakesh and Harfouch, Chawki and Barve, Pranav and Chaudhuri, Sumanta},
title={Corona Lungs and Strawberry Tongues},
journal={American Journal of Medical Case Reports},
volume={10},
number={3},
pages={56--58},
year={2022},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmcr/10/3/4},
issn={2374-216X},
abstract={Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is one of several severe complications of COVID-19 seen in children. The United States Center for Disease Control diagnostic guidelines for MIS-C include age <21 years, 24-hour history of fever ¡Ư38.0oC, severe illness necessitating hospitalization, two or more organ system involvement, laboratory evidence of inflammation, laboratory or epidemiologic evidence of SARS-CoV-2, and a lack of alternative diagnosis. This case report focuses on one patient who met six out of the seven cardinal features of MIS-C but fell outside the average age range.?Unfortunately, the patient died from complications of COVID-19. Since our patient had multiple risk factors, including obesity and Hispanic ethnicity the pathogenesis of the disease occurring in our patient was likely identical to that which occurs in MIS-C. Due to a significant chance of mortality in patients with MIS-C and COVID-19, it is important to consider this diagnosis in older adolescents and young adults.?This patient¡¯s unfortunate outcome urges prompt greater suspicion for this rare and life-threatening complication, even though this patient is older than the typical MIS-C patient.},
doi={10.12691/ajmcr-10-3-4}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}