A Case of Vitiligo after Kawasaki's Disease.
- Author:
Han Kyoung CHO
1
;
Lucy Youngmin EUN
;
Ji Sun SONG
;
Won Hyoung KANG
;
Byung In RO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Kawasaki's disease; Vitiligo
- MeSH: Child; Humans; Male; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome; Skin; Skin Diseases; Vasculitis; Vitiligo
- From:Annals of Dermatology 2009;21(1):75-77
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Vitiligo is a common skin disease, but its pathogenesis has not been fully determined, though an autoimmune etiology is considered likely. Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute multisystem vasculitis of childhood associated with coronary arteriopathy, and is diagnosed based on clinical criteria. Furthermore, vitiligo has been associated with several other diseases, but no report has been issued about the relationship between vitiligo and Kawasaki's disease. The author's report the case of an 8-year-old male child that presented with depigmented lesions, which developed from the desquamative skin lesions of Kawasaki's disease.
