| A Clinical Study of Atypical Kawasaki Disease - A Rate of Coronary Artery Involvement - |
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Jin-Sook Kim, Young-Yoo Kim, Jong-Wan Kim, Won-Bae Lee, Jin-Han Kang, Kyung-Tai Whang |
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Department of Pediatrics, College of M edicin, The Catholic University, Seoul, Korea |
| 비정형 가와사끼병의 임상 연구 - 관상동맥 침범율을 중심으로 - |
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김진숙, 김영유, 김종완, 이원배, 강진한, 황경태 |
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가톨릭대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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| Abstract |
Purpose
: Without a specific diagnostic method, the clinical diagnostic criteria for atypical Kawasaki
disease is known as the presence of coronary artery changes in a patient who did not meet
the already estabilished clinical criteria. With this criteria, we are put into dilemma because
atypical Kawasaki disease should exhibit coronary artery disease. So, we demonstrated the rate of
coronary artery involvement in atypical Kawasaki disease by another diagnostic criteria.
Methods
: This diagnostic criteria for atypical Kawasaki disease is “the clinical symptoms which
fulfilled four out of six diagnostic criteria below of typical Kawasaki disease with or without the
presence of coronary artery changes, and were inconsistent under a through clinical investigation
with any other illness similar to Kawasaki disease.”
Results
: The incidence of coronary artery involvement in atypical Kawasaki disease during the
acute phase(analysis of 30 cases who were admitted before the 15th day of illness), on the 30th
day of illness(26 cases) and on the 60th day of illness(26 cases) were 20.0%(dilatation : 13.3%,
aneurysm : 6.7%), 19.2%(dilatation : 19.2%, aneurysm : 0.0%), 7.7%(dilatation : 7.7%, aneurysm : 0.0%),
respectively.
Conclusion
: Kawasaki disease may occur in atypical type, ranging over many severe involvements
of vital organs including the coronary artery. Up to the present, there are no infallible diagnostic
tests for Kawasaki disease and it is advisable to deemphasize the rigid adherence to the
current already proposed diagnostic criteria for Kawasaki disease. |
| Key Words:
Atypical Kawasaki disease |
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