Rozo Juan Carlos, Jefferies John L, Eidem Benjamin W, Cook Patrick J
Department of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Tex Heart Inst J. 2004;31(2):160-4.
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.
川崎病主要是一种儿童疾病,其症状包括急性血管炎、黏膜炎症、皮疹、颈部淋巴结病和水肿。其最严重的形式与冠状动脉瘤有关。我们报告了一例无症状成年人患此病的罕见病例,并对其流行病学、病因、诊断、治疗和预后进行了综述。