title: A Case of Vitiligo after Kawasaki's Disease.
abstract: Vitiligo is a common skin disease, but its pathogenesis has not been fully determined, though an autoimmune etiology is considered likely. Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute multisystem vasculitis of childhood associated with coronary arteriopathy, and is diagnosed based on clinical criteria. Furthermore, vitiligo has been associated with several other diseases, but no report has been issued about the relationship between vitiligo and Kawasaki's disease. The author's report the case of an 8-year-old male child that presented with depigmented lesions, which developed from the desquamative skin lesions of Kawasaki's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Han Kyoung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Lucy Youngmin
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Eun
authors.forename: Ji-Sun
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Won Hyoung
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Byung In
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Ro