Abstract

SAAVEDRA-GONZALEZ, Yesid A. et al. Kawasaki disease, is it exclusive of children?. Rev. Colomb. Cardiol. [online]. 2021, vol.28, n.2, pp.175-179.  Epub June 10, 2021. ISSN 0120-5633.  https://doi.org/10.24875/rccar.m21000044.

Kawasaki disease is an acute and self-limited febrile syndrome with a presumed autoimmune etiology that characteristically affects children under 5 years of age. Kawasaki disease is an acute vasculitis of small and medium vessels that facilitates the formation of coronary aneurysms. The diagnosis of the disease during the acute phase is essentially clinical, while the diagnosis of Kawasaki disease during the chronic phase is performed when the vascular complications are detected. The importance of proper identification of Kawasaki disease lies in the fact that many of the fatal and non-fatal infarcts in young adults (<40 years) have findings compatible with this diagnosis. This article describes the case of a young patient with chest pain and coronary angiotomography showing sequelae of Kawasaki disease in the adult.

Keywords : Angiotomography; Coronary aneurysm; Kawasaki disease; Chest pain.

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