Open AccessCoronary Artery Aneurysms Due to Kawasaki Disease – a Rare Cause of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Ioana Cîrneală,
Dan Păsăroiu,
István Kovács,
Imre Benedek,
Rodica Togănel
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of interdisciplinary medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2501-8132
pISSN - 2501-5974
DOI - 10.2478/jim-2019-0024
Subject(s) - medicine , kawasaki disease , mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome , etiology , rash , myocardial infarction , coronary artery aneurysm , mucocutaneous zone , cardiology , dermatology , erythema , disease , artery
Kawasaki disease, also known as Kawasaki syndrome or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, is a pathology that causes inflammation in the walls of medium-sized arteries, with symptoms such as fever, lymphadenopathy, rash, and erythema of the eyes, lips, nose, palms, and feet. The cause is unknown, although clinical features strongly suggest an infectious etiology. We present the case of a 53-year-old woman, known with Kawasaki disease since childhood, with different associated pathologies, who presented with acute inferior ST elevation myocardial infarction.