A 5-year-old boy with only fever and giant coronary aneurysms: the enigma of Kawasaki disease?

Rheumatol Int. 2016 Aug;36(8):1191-3. doi: 10.1007/s00296-016-3490-7. Epub 2016 May 6.

Abstract

Epidemiological case definition of Kawasaki disease (KD) by the American Heart Association requires the presence of fever and four of the following: eye signs, oral mucosal changes, skin rashes, limb edema, and unilateral cervical lymphadenopathy. Incomplete KD is a well-known entity where there is lack of some of mucocutaneous features, and this occurs more often in infants. We report a 5-year-old boy with KD and giant coronary aneurysms, who presented only with fever and there is complete lack of skin and mucosal manifestations at presentation.

Keywords: Giant coronary aneurysms; Kawasaki disease; Paucity of signs.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Computed Tomography Angiography
  • Coronary Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fever / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use
  • Infliximab / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / complications
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
  • Infliximab