MCQ Pediatrics Answer 11

The Correct Answer is C

Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome is an acute , multi-systemic illness of children and infants. Sudden death occurs in ~ 2% of reported cases; 85% of the deaths are the result of myocardial infraction of cardiac arrhythmia during the third or fourth week of the illness. Postmortem examination uniformly reveals coronary artery aneurysms with occlusion due to thromboendarteritis.

The chief complications of rubeola are otitis media, pneumonia, and encephalitis.

Heart block is occasionally found in cases of lead poisoning, but the majority of the patients have encephalopathy and other neurologic problems.

The major cause of death in SLE is nephritis, although CNS complications and infections also play significant roles.

Congenital syphilis typically has little, if any, effect on the heart. Infrequently, myocarditis is a serious complication.

Ref: Behrman RE, Kliegman RM, Jenson HB (eds): Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, ed 16. WB Saunders Co, 2000, pp 725-727. 2) McMillan JA (ed.): Oski’s Pediatrics Principles and Practice, ed. 3. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999, pp 927-932.

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