title: A Case of Complete Adult-Onset Kawasaki Disease: A Review of Pathogenesis and Classification.
abstract: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis that occurs primarily in children and rarely in adults, possibly after bacterial or viral infections in genetically susceptible hosts. KD may frequently be undiagnosed especially in adult patients without the presence of all the classical clinical criteria (incomplete or atypical KD). In addition, many differential diagnoses could be considered. Here, we report a case of KD in an adult patient with clinical features characteristic of the classical form. KD requires a long-term management in both paediatric and adult patients, in order to avoid complications that could follow both the acute and retrospective diagnoses of KD.
authors.affiliation: Section of Dermatology, Department of Endocrinological and Metabolic Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Drago
authors.forename: Sanja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Javor
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ciccarese
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cozzani
authors.forename: Aurora
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parodi
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult