Key result
Kawasaki disease can rarely present with concomitant giant aneurysm of the left coronary artery and complete occlusion of the right coronary artery in the same patient.
Why the study?
While coronary artery aneurysm is a common complication of Kawasaki disease, stenosis and occlusion are rare.
Highlights a rare presentation of Kawasaki disease involving both giant coronary aneurysm and complete coronary occlusion in the same patient.
May alert clinicians to atypical Kawasaki presentations with bilateral coronary lesions; leaves open optimal management strategies.
Kawasaki disease is an acute febrile medium-vessel vasculitis affecting children. Though coronary artery aneurysm is a common complication, stenosis and occlusion are rare. Here, we report a case of Kawasaki disease with concomitant aneurysm and complete occlusion of different coronary arteries in the same patient.
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Muneer et al. (2020) studied this question. Kawasaki disease can rarely present with concomitant giant aneurysm of the left coronary artery and complete occlusion of the right coronary artery in the same patient.
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