Kawasaki disease in the adult: a case report and review of the literature.
Kawasaki disease, predominantly a disease of childhood, includes such symptoms as acute vasculitis, mucosal inflammation, rash, cervical adenopathy, and edema. Its most severe forms are associated with coronary artery aneurysms. We report a rare case of this disease in an asymptomatic adult and review its epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
Rozo
Juan Carlos
JC
Department of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Jefferies
John L
JL
Eidem
Benjamin W
BW
Cook
Patrick J
PJ
D000328:Adult; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed