Severe mitral insufficiency associated with Kawasaki's valvulitis.
A two-month-old male infant with Kawasaki's disease, severe mitral insufficiency, and normal coronary arteries is described. We postulate the mitral insufficiency was secondary to Kawasaki's valvulitis, and that this occurred in the absence of other forms of cardiac involvement characteristic of Kawasaki's disease.
D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications*