Children (Sep 2022)

Beaded Coronary Aneurysm in Kawasaki Disease

  • I-Hsin Tai,
  • Kai-Sheng Hsieh,
  • Ho-Chang Kuo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/children9101463
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 10
p. 1463

Abstract

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Kawasaki disease (KD) is a febrile systemic vasculitis that mainly affects children aged under five years old. The aneurysm formation of the coronary artery is the most common complication after KD. We report a case with multiple coronary aneurysm formation and a special pattern ofbeaded aneurysm after KD and review the form ofcoronary aneurysms in different diseases.

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