RESUMO

Three children with Kawasaki disease had liver biopsies because of evidence of hepatic disease. Cholangitis or bile duct injury and proliferation were found. Similar damage to the hepatic ductular system may explain the hydrops of the gallbladder sometimes seen in this disease.

Assuntos

Ductos Biliares Intra-Hepáticos/patologia , Colangite/etiologia , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/complicações , Biópsia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Colangite/patologia , Humanos , Testes de Função Hepática , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/patologia