Acute myocardial infarction with a giant left main aneurysm in atypical Kawasaki disease
10.12701/yujm.2017.34.1.106
- Author:
Min Wook KIM
1
;
Hyun Soo KIM
;
Myung Dong LEE
;
Hyun Sook JUNG
;
Seong Bo YOON
;
Young Woo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Hongik Hospital, Seoul, Korea. kerveros@chol.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Kawasaki disease;
Myocardial infarction;
Coronary aneurysm
- MeSH:
Aneurysm;
Arteries;
Constriction, Pathologic;
Coronary Aneurysm;
Coronary Vessels;
Humans;
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome;
Myocardial Infarction;
Vasculitis;
Young Adult
- From:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
2017;34(1):106-110
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute vasculitis of small and medium sized arteries. Even many years after onset, aneurysms and stenosis in coronary arteries may lead to an acute myocardial infarction, which is described as atypical or missed KD in childhood. KD is an underlying disease of young adults with acute myocardial infarction. We report on a rare case involving a total occlusion in the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery combined with a giant left main aneurysm in a young adult patient with acute myocardial infarction ascribed to antecedent KD that is undefined but almost certain.
