kawasaki disease and hypertension in an infant

Introduction: kawasaki disease (kd) is the second most common vasculitis of medium-sized vessels in children. hypertension is rarely reported in this disease. case presentation: herein, we report a 5-month-old male infant with atypical kd and new onset of hypertension without cardiac involvement or renal vessel stenosis. hypertension was self-limited and resolved within six months after the onset of disease. conclusions: clinicians should consider kd as a potential source of secondary hypertension in children, and high blood pressure ought to be considered as a significant complication in kawasaki patients.