Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Mimicking Surgical Pathologies: What Surgeons Need to Know about MIS-C

Ann Surg. 2021 Apr 1;273(4):e146-e148. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004368.

Authors

Claire D Gerall¹, Vincent P Duron¹, Cornelia L Griggs¹, Sandra K Kabagambe¹, Alexis B Maddocks², Jennifer R DeFazio¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons/New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York, NY.
² Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons/New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York, NY.

PMID: 33074884
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004368

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Appendicitis / diagnosis
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / surgery*
Child
Comorbidity
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
SARS-CoV-2*
Surgical Procedures, Operative / methods*
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / epidemiology
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / surgery*

Supplementary concepts

pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease, COVID-19 related