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Autopsy of a 23-year-old man who died suddenly revealed coronary aneurysms with thrombosis and healed arteritis, likely caused by a history of Kawasaki disease.
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Highlights the risk of sudden cardiac death in young adults due to coronary aneurysms originating from previously unrecognized Kawasaki disease.
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Unrecognized Kawasaki disease may underlie sudden cardiac death in young adults; case reports leave optimal screening unresolved.
An autopsy case of coronary aneurysm was reported. The patient, a 23-year-old Japanese man, suddenly fell unconscious during a karate match and died an hour later. The autopsy revealed coronary aneurysms, one of which was accompanied by thrombosis. Histologically, the aneurysmal walls showed marked scar formation and intimal thickening and the state was regarded as healed arteritis. By taking a precise history from his parents, Kawasaki disease was thought to be the probable cause of the coronary aneurysms.
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Murai et al. (1989) conducted a case report in Coronary aneurysms (n=1). Kawasaki disease was evaluated on Autopsy findings. Autopsy of a 23-year-old man who died suddenly revealed coronary aneurysms with thrombosis and healed arteritis, likely caused by a history of Kawasaki disease.
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