Journal Published Online: 01 July 1986
Volume 31, Issue 3

Sudden Death in an Adolescent Four Years after Recovery from Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome (Kawasaki Disease)

CODEN: JFSCAS

Abstract

A case is presented of sudden death during physical activity in a 15-year-old boy with clinically inactive mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (Kawasaki disease). At autopsy, the coronary arteries were involved by multiple aneurysms and obstructive thrombi, and the left ventricular myocardium was extensively scarred. Although Kawasaki disease most commonly occurs in infants and young children, it may be a cause of sudden death in adolescents.

Author Information

Quam, JP
Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN
Edwards, WD
Mayo Medical School and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN
Bambara, JF
Peterson Clinical Laboratories, Manhattan, KS
Luzier, TL
, Kansas City, MO
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ISSN: 0022-1198
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11124J