[Rupture of a coronary artery aneurysm in mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (Kawasaki syndrome). Demonstration of the coronary aneurysms by 2-dimensional echocardiography].

A further case of mucocutaneous lymphnode syndrome (MCLS) in infancy with multiple aneurysms both of the coronary arteries and systemic arteries is presented. Aged four months the male infant died of rupture of an aneurysm of the right coronary artery causing a hemopercardium. The aneurysms both of the coronary and systemic arteries were diagnosed intra vitam by 2-dimensional echocardiography.