title: Kawasaki disease in the adult: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rozo
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Jefferies
authors.forename: Benjamin W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Eidem
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: 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