Case Report
Is It Stevens–Johnson Syndrome or MIS-C with
Mucocutaneous Involvement?
AbdollahKarimi,
1
ElhamPourbakhtiaran ,
1
MazdakFallahi ,
2
Fereshtehkarbasian ,
3
Shahnaz Armin ,
1
and Delara Babaie
2
1
Pediatric Infections Research Center, Research Institute for Children’s Health, ShahidBeheshti University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran
2
Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Mofid Children’s Hospital, ShahidBeheshti University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, IR, Iran
3
DepartmentofPediatricGastroenterologyandHepatology,NamaziHospital,ShirazUniversityofMedicalSciences,Shiraz,Iran
Correspondence should be addressed to Delara Babaie; delara77@yahoo.com
Received 4 August 2021; Revised 30 October 2021; Accepted 3 December 2021; Published 24 December 2021
Academic Editor: Ozgur Kasapcopur
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Background. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-COV-2) can be present in the form of multisystem in-
flammatory disease in children. Case Presentation. A 25-month-old boy presented with fever, malaise, diffuse maculopapular
rashes, and mucosal involvement during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was first diagnosed with Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS).
Further evaluation revealed lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia, and elevated levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), ferritin, and
fibrinogen. is was followed by a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for COVID-19. In addition to receiving initial
care for SJS, he was treated for MIS-C, which led to his recovery after four days. Conclusion. COVID-19 infection should be
considered in children with fever and dermatological features during the pandemic because it may cause different features of the
multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), suggestive of delayed hyperimmune response.
1.Introduction
A novel coronavirus, i.e., severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus-2, emerged in December 2019, which led to a
pandemic in March 2020 [1]. According to the primary
reports, the pediatric population was at a low risk [1, 2]. In
April 2020, however, the Pediatric Intensive Care Society of
the United Kingdom released an alert regarding an increased
number of children tested positive for COVID-19 [1].
Several case reports and small series also emphasized the
presentation of an acute illness with multiorgan failure and
shock [1, 3, 4]. For instance, Riphagen et al. [5] conducted a
research on eight children presented as the first report of
hyperinflammatory conditions in the pediatric population
due to COVID-19. All eight children presented with similar
symptoms such as fever, conjunctivitis, peripheral edema,
extremity pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
ey also experienced refractory shock, but none of them
experienced significant respiratory involvement. e most
recent case reports described pediatric patients presenting
with refractory shock symptoms resembling toxic shock
syndrome (TSS) rather than Kawasaki disease (KD) [6, 7].
Moreover, patients with COVID-19 and a hyper-
inflammatory state shared similar cytokine
profiles, lymphocyte counts, and levels of inflammatory
markers, which made hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
(SHLH)/macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) important
in differential diagnosis [8, 9].
Although mucocutaneous manifestations are not among
the top clinical manifestations of COVID-19 infection in the
pediatric population, they are an important clinical mani-
festation of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
(MIS-C) [10]. ere is a wide range of skin manifestations
including Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS)/toxic epidermal
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Case Reports in Pediatrics
Volume 2021, Article ID 1812545, 4 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/1812545